Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

At some point on or before 2022, the South Korean e-commerce site Treethink (treethink.kr) allegedly suffered a data breach whose database was later published on hacking forums. Reports suggest member accounts and order records were exposed. Approximately 5,400 individuals were reportedly affected, with the exposed data including email addresses, names, phone numbers, postal addresses, dates of account creation, genders, and passwords stored as MySQL PASSWORD() hashes.
  • Date: 2022
  • Domain: treethink.kr
  • Country: South Korea
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Government IDs Genders Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 36,032
  • Lines: 276,040
  • Size: 51.66 MB
  • Passwords: MySQL
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before March 2025, the South Korean art platform LikeThiz (likethiz.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. LikeThiz is an online and offline shared gallery based in Seoul that showcases artworks and supports artists. Reports suggest the breach exposed approximately 17,000 records, including email addresses, usernames, full names, phone numbers, physical addresses, IP addresses, and MySQL-format hashed passwords.
  • Date: 2025
  • Domain: likethiz.com
  • Country: South Korea
  • Category: Design
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity
  • Records: 17,259
  • Lines: 17,279
  • Size: 4.86 MB
  • Passwords: Hashed, MySQL
  • Cracked: 0%
In March 2025, the South Korean online education provider E-Top Plus (Top Plus Education Center Co., Ltd., e-topplus.kr) allegedly suffered a data breach that was subsequently published on a hacking forum. Reports suggest the exposed database contained roughly 14,000 unique email addresses along with usernames, Korean names, phone numbers, home addresses, dates of birth, genders, bank details and BCrypt- and SHA-256-hashed passwords for the platform's members.
  • Date: Mar 2025
  • Domain: e-topplus.kr
  • Threat Actor: @Satanic
  • Country: South Korea
  • Category: Education
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Bank Account Information Genders Birthdates
  • Records: 60,234
  • Lines: 28,337,875
  • Size: 4.36 GB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, SHA-256
  • Cracked: 0%
Hacker.co.kr, a Korean-language technology discussion forum, allegedly had its user database compromised. Reports suggest approximately 1.4 million individuals were exposed, with data including email addresses and plaintext passwords.
  • Domain: hacker.co.kr
  • Country: South Korea
  • Category: Forums & Communities
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Records: 1,414,812
  • Lines: 1,414,875
  • Size: 38.59 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
Tpcpage.com was allegedly breached. It has been reported that the exposed data includes approximately 62,563 unique email addresses, predominantly using Korean email providers, paired with plaintext passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Records: 63,525
  • Lines: 63,626
  • Size: 1.74 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
At an unknown date, Andong Soju Mall (andongsojumall.co.kr), a South Korean online store selling traditional Andong soju, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 18,000 customer records were exposed, including names, usernames, email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses, IP addresses and MySQL-hashed passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 18,488
  • Lines: 18,651
  • Size: 7.48 MB
  • Passwords: MySQL
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime around 2020, a database from the South Korean online print and design shop designpapa.com allegedly suffered a data breach. The site ran the POW CMS. Reports suggest the exposed data affected approximately 14,000 individuals and included email addresses, names, phone numbers, IP addresses, company details, and passwords stored as MySQL PASSWORD() (SHA-1) hashes, drawn from the site's member accounts and community board posts.
  • Date: 2020
  • Domain: designpapa.com
  • Country: South Korea
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Company Information
  • Records: 30,273
  • Lines: 880,585
  • Size: 86.21 MB
  • Passwords: MySQL
  • 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.