Breach Intelligence

6,872

Total breached databases

Sometime around 2022, retecibosincero.it, an Italian online marketplace for Sicilian local and artisanal food products, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed data was drawn from the store's OpenCart database and affected a small number of customer and administrator accounts. It has been reported that the compromised information included approximately 15 unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers, postal addresses, IP addresses, usernames, and salted SHA-1 password hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity
  • Records: 32
  • Lines: 4,444,547
  • Size: 261.58 MB
  • Passwords: SHA-1 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before December 2022, the Italian online motorsport and racing car parts store ProDrive Shop (prodriveshop.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest a WooCommerce/WordPress database was exposed, affecting approximately 13,000 individuals. The compromised data allegedly included email addresses, names, usernames, phone numbers, geographic locations, company information and passwords stored as MD5 and phpass hashes.
  • Date: Dec 27, 2022
  • Domain: prodriveshop.com
  • Country: Italy
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Company Information
  • Records: 15,602
  • Lines: 2,435,603
  • Size: 520.2 MB
  • Passwords: MD5, PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before September 2022, the Italian online electronics and lighting store Prometeo Electronics (prometeoelectronics.it) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed PrestaShop database contained approximately 2,000 individuals' records, including email addresses, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, IP addresses, company details, and passwords stored as BCrypt and MD5 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Websites Company Information
  • Records: 2,720
  • Lines: 781,553
  • Size: 108.41 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In November 2022, the database of PowBots (powbots.com) was allegedly leaked and shared on a hacking forum. PowBots operated an Italian Telegram bot service that aggregated and reposted Amazon and other e-commerce deals to shopping channels. Reports suggest approximately 1,300 records were exposed. A small subset contained account details — email addresses, plaintext and bcrypt-hashed passwords, and names — while the bulk consisted of user records carrying Telegram usernames and other bot-related data.
  • Date: Nov 2022
  • Domain: powbots.com
  • Country: Italy
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Social Profiles
  • Records: 1,266
  • Lines: 198,471
  • Size: 11.67 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext, BCrypt
In February 2022, the Italian online fashion retailer PInokkio (pinokkioshop.it) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed PrestaShop database contained data on approximately 19,000 individuals, including email addresses, names, phone numbers, geographic locations (postal addresses, cities and postcodes), genders, birthdates, IP addresses, company/VAT information, and passwords stored as MD5 and bcrypt hashes.
  • Date: Feb 2022
  • Domain: pinokkioshop.it
  • Country: Italy
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Company Information Birthdates
  • Records: 40,294
  • Lines: 253,422
  • Size: 30.21 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2023, patenteinpunjabi.it (also branded TMM Learner) allegedly suffered a data breach. The service is an Italian driving-license exam-preparation app aimed at Punjabi- and Bengali-speaking users in Italy, offering translated theory, quizzes and live classes. Reports suggest approximately 12,000 individuals were affected. The exposed data allegedly included names, phone numbers, geographic locations, government identification numbers (Italian codice fiscale), a small number of email addresses, and company information. No passwords were exposed.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Government IDs Site Activity Company Information
  • Records: 12,651
  • Lines: 4,972,025
  • Size: 430.47 MB
  • Passwords: No
In February 2023, the Italian online store Office Megastore (officemegastore.it) allegedly suffered a data breach. Office Megastore is an Italian e-commerce site selling office, school and stationery supplies. It has been reported that the exposed data affected approximately 16,000 individuals and included email addresses, MD5-hashed passwords, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, genders, IP addresses, birthdates and site activity.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 36,104
  • Lines: 1,794,389
  • Size: 103.66 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%

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.