Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In 2021, the Virtual Convocation platform of Amity University (virtualconvocation.amizone.net) in India allegedly suffered a data breach whose database was later published on a hacking forum (disclosed by mid-2026). Reports suggest the exposed data affected approximately 14,000 individuals, including students and staff who registered for the university's online convocation. The compromised records included names, email addresses, plaintext passwords, and — for staff accounts — job designations and campus locations.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Site Activity Job Information
  • Records: 21,696
  • Lines: 633,841
  • Size: 50.42 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
Sometime before May 2026, TripClues (tripclues.com), an Indian hotel-booking and travel platform, allegedly suffered a data breach whose database was published on a hacking forum. Reports suggest the exposed data affected approximately 800 individuals and dated largely to 2017-2018. The compromised records, drawn from the site's user, agent, hotel-contact, booking and review tables, included names, email addresses, plaintext passwords, phone numbers, cities, and — for a small number of agent/company accounts — Indian tax and identity numbers (PAN, GST) and an Aadhaar number. The dump also included administrator credentials.
  • Date: 2026
  • Domain: tripclues.com
  • Threat Actor: Bambi
  • Country: India
  • Category: Travel
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Government IDs Site Activity Websites Tax IDs Company Information
  • Records: 915
  • Lines: 336,678
  • Size: 33 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
Sometime before mid-2026, the Indian equipment retailer Gurubhai Equipments (gurubhaiequipments.com) allegedly suffered a data breach exposing its website customer database. It has been reported that approximately 800 individuals were affected, with the leaked data including full names, email addresses, phone numbers, and postal addresses.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations
  • Records: 1,420
  • Lines: 1,975
  • Size: 307.35 KB
  • Passwords: ?
Sometime before 2023, Sri Mahesh Prasad Degree College (mpdc.in), an Indian degree college, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed data was published by a threat actor and contained records for approximately 40 individuals. The compromised information allegedly included names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, dates of birth, genders, national identification numbers, religions, and family member details. No passwords were included in the exposed data.
  • Date: 2023
  • Domain: mpdc.in
  • Threat Actor: ZALCYBER
  • Country: India
  • Category: Education
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Government IDs Family Members Health Information Genders Religions Site Activity Birthdates Nationalities
  • Records: 42
  • Lines: 64
  • Size: 47.09 KB
  • Passwords: No
Sometime before January 2026, the Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology (PMIST), a private deemed-to-be university in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, allegedly suffered a data breach of its faculty applications database (pmu.edu). It has been reported that approximately 500 records were exposed. The data allegedly included names, email addresses, phone numbers, genders, birth ages, geographic locations, academic qualifications, and job information. The exposed data did not include passwords.
  • Date: 2026
  • Domain: pmu.edu
  • Country: India
  • Category: Education
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Genders Site Activity Job Information Birthdates Education
  • Records: 543
  • Lines: 544
  • Size: 275.84 KB
  • Passwords: No
Sometime before July 2026, Shree Transport (shreetransport.co), an Indian logistics and goods-transport company, allegedly suffered a data breach affecting its internal bank and ledger management database. It has been reported that the database was subsequently published on a hacking forum. Reports suggest the dump exposed banking and financial records alongside personal data — including staff account emails, bcrypt-hashed and plaintext passwords, employee and dealer names, mobile numbers, Indian PAN and GST identifiers, bank account and IFSC details, and transport ledger records covering dealers, truck drivers, and companies.
  • Date: 2026
  • Domain: shreetransport.co
  • Threat Actor: Sensitive2025
  • Country: India
  • Category: Logistics & Transportation
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Bank Account Information Financial Information Government IDs Site Activity Company Information
  • Records: 17,965
  • Lines: 358,721
  • Size: 43.52 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, Plaintext
Sometime before March 2025, Brilliant's Convent School (brilliantsconvent.com), an Indian school, allegedly suffered a data breach. It has been reported that a dump of the school's website database was subsequently published on a hacking forum. Reports suggest approximately 45,000 individuals were exposed — the overwhelming majority being contact-form submitters, alongside a small set of CMS administrator accounts. The exposed data includes email addresses, phone numbers, usernames, and MD5-hashed administrator passwords (several with recovered plaintext).
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames
  • Records: 45,434
  • Lines: 272,594
  • Size: 52.39 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 80%

Frequently Asked Questions

A data breach is unauthorized access to data (often involving account takeover, malware, or misconfigured infrastructure). A data leak is exposure of data due to mistakes like public cloud storage, open databases, or accidental publishing. A database dump is a packaged dataset that may come from a breach, leak, scraping, or aggregation.

Change passwords for any affected accounts immediately, prioritizing email, banking, and any account that shares the same password. Enable multi-factor authentication wherever possible. Monitor your accounts for suspicious activity and consider placing a fraud alert or credit freeze if financial data was exposed.

Start with containment and verification: confirm what data was exposed, identify the entry point, rotate credentials (especially SSO, VPN, email), and enforce MFA. Then investigate affected systems, notify stakeholders as required, and harden controls to prevent recurrence. A structured incident response plan helps keep the work measurable and compliant.

Dark web monitoring helps you spot exposure signals early — before stolen data is widely reused for account takeover or targeted attacks. Monitoring complements vulnerability management by revealing when attackers already have leverage. Pair it with continuous attack surface monitoring and strong Asset Discovery to reduce blind spots.

Not always. Some datasets are old, incomplete, or derived from third parties. However, any exposure increases risk because credentials and personal data can be reused indefinitely. Treat it as a priority signal: rotate credentials, enforce MFA, review suspicious logins, and audit the systems that could have produced the data.

SynScan helps you connect the dots between attack surface exposure, vulnerabilities, and breach signals so you can prioritize remediation and reduce the chance of repeat incidents.