Breach Intelligence

6,874

Total breached databases

In early 2023, the internal management database of Octavius Corporation, an Italian company providing professional audio, lighting and staging equipment rental and technical services for events, was allegedly exposed. Reports suggest the leak contained approximately 150 individuals across roughly 700 records, including email addresses, names, usernames, hashed passwords, geographic locations and related company information.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Company Information
  • Records: 668
  • Lines: 15,733
  • Size: 1.36 MB
  • Passwords: MySQL
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2022, the Italian fashion and lifestyle blog Not Only Twenty (notonlytwenty.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed data originated from a multi-site WordPress backup and affected approximately 100 individuals, including registered contributors and blog commenters. The compromised information reportedly included email addresses, names, usernames, geographic locations, personal websites, site activity, and passwords stored as PHPass hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Websites
  • Records: 5,457
  • Lines: 9,443,116
  • Size: 1.57 GB
  • Passwords: PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
In July 2022, the Italian online retail store multistoreconvenienza.it allegedly suffered a data breach in which its full PrestaShop database was exposed and later shared on a hacking forum. Reports suggest the breach affected approximately 8,200 individuals. The exposed data allegedly included email addresses, names, passwords (stored as MD5 and bcrypt hashes), phone numbers, physical and geographic address details, company information, government/VAT identifiers, genders, birthdates, IP addresses, and site activity.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Government IDs Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Company Information Birthdates
  • Records: 9,305
  • Lines: 414,785
  • Size: 24.98 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2022, the Italian project MaToSto ("Marchi Torinesi nella Storia"), a historical trademark database and educational game operated in association with the Turin Chamber of Commerce, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest a small database of fewer than 10 user accounts was exposed, including email addresses, usernames, bcrypt-hashed passwords, and associated company information.
  • Date: 2022
  • Domain: matosto.top
  • Country: Italy
  • Category: Education
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Company Information
  • Records: 15
  • Lines: 2,653
  • Size: 244.69 KB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%
In November 2022, the Italian philately (stamp-collecting) forum Lafilatelia.it allegedly suffered a data breach. It has been reported that the phpBB-based community forum was compromised and its user database subsequently distributed online. The exposed data reportedly contained approximately 5,000 individuals and included email addresses, usernames, passwords (stored as bcrypt, phpass, and MD5 hashes), IP addresses, birthdates, geographic locations, and site activity records.
  • Date: Nov 23, 2022
  • Domain: lafilatelia.it
  • Country: Italy
  • Category: Forums & Communities
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Social Profiles Birthdates
  • Records: 10,517
  • Lines: 17,266,417
  • Size: 1.22 GB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5, PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime around 2022, the online wine and spirits shop Karadar (karadarshop.com), based in San Candido/Innichen, South Tyrol, Italy, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed PrestaShop database contained approximately 30,000 records. The compromised data allegedly included email addresses, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, genders, birthdates and passwords stored as BCrypt and MD5 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Genders Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 58,880
  • Lines: 3,460,788
  • Size: 336.95 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before December 2022, the Italian online wine store Just Wine Shop (justwine.shop) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed PrestaShop database contained approximately 250 individuals' records, including email addresses, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, genders, IP addresses and passwords stored as bcrypt and MD5 hashes.
  • Date: 2022
  • Domain: justwine.shop
  • Country: Italy
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Company Information
  • Records: 2,133
  • Lines: 537,152
  • Size: 45.31 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, 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.