Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In September 2018, the Italian video game website Multiplayer.it allegedly suffered a data breach that was later reposted to a hacking forum in April 2024. Multiplayer.it is an Italian gaming news and community portal. Reports suggest the incident exposed approximately 500,000 records. The compromised data included email addresses, usernames and salted MD5 password hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords
  • Records: 509,245
  • Lines: 509,244
  • Size: 40.56 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2019, the website Ordineavvocatiroma.org, the online portal of the Order of Lawyers of Rome (Ordine degli Avvocati di Roma), allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that approximately 38,000 records were exposed, including email addresses, plaintext passwords, names, usernames, phone numbers, geographic locations, government-issued identification numbers (Italian codice fiscale), websites and company information.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Government IDs Site Activity Websites Company Information
  • Records: 39,892
  • Lines: 39,897
  • Size: 4.97 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
Sometime before 2019, the Italian internet service provider Cheapnet (cheapnet.it), operated by CWNET srl, allegedly suffered a data breach. Cheapnet provided ADSL, VoIP, hosting, and domain services to Italian customers. It has been reported that the exposed data affected approximately 165,000 individuals and included email addresses, SHA-1 hashed passwords, names, phone numbers, fax numbers, birthdates, genders, geographic locations, government IDs, and company information.
  • Date: 2019
  • Domain: cheapnet.it
  • Threat Actor: 0x2Taylor
  • Country: Italy
  • Category: Telecommunications
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Government IDs Genders Site Activity Company Information Fax Numbers Birthdates
  • Records: 1,948,898
  • Lines: 834,353
  • Size: 591.01 MB
  • Passwords: SHA-1
  • Cracked: 0%
In May 2019, the Ordine degli Avvocati di Roma (Lawyers Order of Rome) allegedly suffered a data breach claimed by a group identifying as Anonymous Italy. The organization is the Italian bar association managing the professional registry and certified email (PEC) accounts for lawyers in Rome. Reports suggest approximately 38,000 individuals were affected, with exposed data including email addresses, plaintext passwords, names, phone numbers, addresses, Italian fiscal codes (codice fiscale), birthdates, and account activity records.
  • Date: May 2019
  • Threat Actor: Anonymous Italy
  • Country: Italy
  • Category: Professional & Corporate
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Government IDs Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 41,933
  • Lines: 41,935
  • Size: 7.35 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
In May 2019, the Ordine degli Avvocati di Roma (Rome Bar Association) allegedly suffered a data breach carried out by a group claiming to be Anonymous Italy. The association is the official professional body registering and regulating lawyers practising in the Rome judicial district. Reports suggest the breach exposed data on approximately 38,000 individuals, including email addresses, plaintext passwords, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, government IDs (Italian fiscal codes), usernames, and birthdates.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Government IDs Site Activity Messages Birthdates
  • Records: 41,948
  • Lines: 42,000
  • Size: 7.35 MB
  • Passwords: Unknown
Sometime before 2023, Made To Sell (madetosell.eu), an Italian retail-experience and "mystery shopping" consultancy that recruited field consultants to evaluate stores, allegedly suffered a data breach. It has been reported that approximately 7,000 individuals were affected. The exposed data reportedly included email addresses, passwords (stored as BCrypt and SHA-1 hashes), names, phone numbers, geographic locations, bank account information (IBANs), government tax IDs, genders and birthdates.
  • Date: 2023
  • Domain: madetosell.eu
  • Country: Italy
  • Category: Professional & Corporate
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Bank Account Information Government IDs Genders Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 126,575
  • Lines: 2,191,874
  • Size: 1.17 GB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, SHA-1
  • Cracked: 0%
In June 2023, the Italian e-commerce site Subitodisponibile.com allegedly suffered a data breach. The site is an online retailer specializing in wedding favors, sugared almonds, sweets, and gift items. Reports suggest the exposed data, exfiltrated from a Magento e-commerce database, affected approximately 360,000 individuals. The compromised information allegedly included email addresses, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, birthdates, account activity, and salted SHA-256 password hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 866,121
  • Lines: 23,597,871
  • Size: 4.87 GB
  • Passwords: SHA-256 Salted
  • 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.