Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In 2026, Instituto Consorcio Clavijero (clavijero.edu.mx), a public higher-education institution in the Mexican state of Veracruz that operates entirely as an online distance-learning provider, allegedly suffered a data breach of its student records. Reports suggest approximately 13,000 students were affected. The compromised data reportedly included full names, CURP national identity numbers, dates of birth and genders (derivable from the CURP), and geographic locations (municipality and locality). No passwords or email addresses were included.
  • Data: Names Geographic Locations Government IDs Genders Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 13,444
  • Lines: 13,445
  • Size: 1.35 MB
  • Passwords: No
Sometime around or after 2022, Benetton Mexico — the United Colors of Benetton retail operation run in Mexico by Wolfsellers (wolfsellers.com / benettonmex.com) — allegedly suffered a data breach of its online store's customer database. Reports suggest the data was later shared on a hacking forum. It has been reported that approximately 15,700 customers were affected. The exposed records allegedly included email addresses, full names, dates of birth, genders, and — for a subset of customers — phone numbers, postal addresses, and Mexican RFC tax identifiers.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Government IDs Genders Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 15,742
  • Lines: 17,439
  • Size: 3.1 MB
  • Passwords: No
In 2026, a database of freedom-of-information (FOI) request records from Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH, inah.gob.mx) was allegedly leaked. Reports suggest approximately 10,000 request records were exposed. The exposed data allegedly included requesters' names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, and government identification numbers (CURP / RFC).
  • Date: 2026
  • Domain: inah.gob.mx
  • Country: Mexico
  • Category: Government
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Government IDs
  • Records: 10,000
  • Lines: 10,000
  • Size: 3.39 MB
  • Passwords: No
In August 2026, the Altamira Municipal Government (altamira.gob.mx) in Mexico allegedly suffered a data breach that was published on a hacking forum by a group calling itself Cyberagentss. Reports suggest the exposed data came from the municipality's DIF official travel database and affected approximately 14 individuals. The compromised records included the names of government employees who travelled, along with trip destinations, dates, travel expenses, and reimbursement details. The attackers also claimed to have obtained the site's administrator credentials and an active session cookie.
  • Date: Aug 14, 2026
  • Domain: altamira.gob.mx
  • Threat Actor: Cyberagentss
  • Country: Mexico
  • Category: Government
  • Data: Names Geographic Locations Site Activity
  • Records: 23
  • Lines: 221
  • Size: 5.48 KB
  • Passwords: No
In September 2025, a credential dump linked to the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE, cfe.gob.mx), Mexico's state-owned electric utility, was allegedly published on a hacking forum. Reports suggest the data originated from information-stealer malware logs harvested from infected devices, and comprised approximately 91,000 captured login credentials. The exposed data reportedly included usernames and email addresses (many belonging to CFE employees on the cfe.mx domain) alongside their corresponding plaintext passwords and the application or website each credential was used for.
  • Date: 2025
  • Domain: cfe.gob.mx
  • Country: Mexico
  • Category: Government
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Records: 91,044
  • Lines: 91,544
  • Size: 7.02 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
In September 2024, Retemex (retemex.mx), a Mexican virtual mobile operator (MVNO) running on the country's 4.5G LTE network, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the incident was carried out by the RansomEXX group and that a SQL export of the customer database was published on hacking forums. It has been reported that approximately 24,900 customer records were exposed, including full names, email addresses, phone numbers, full tax addresses, Mexican tax IDs (RFC), and account credentials stored as SHA-1 hashes alongside recoverable plaintext passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Government IDs Site Activity Company Information
  • Records: 24,884
  • Lines: 25,076
  • Size: 6.13 MB
  • Passwords: SHA-1, Plaintext
Sometime before June 2026, the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), a major public university in Mexico, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that data belonging to approximately 50,000 students, professors, and affiliated distributors was exposed. The exposed records allegedly included names, email addresses, usernames, phone numbers, physical addresses, government identifiers (CURP/RFC), and academic details. No passwords were included in the leaked data.
  • Date: 2026
  • Domain: ipn.mx
  • Threat Actor: s4100n
  • Country: Mexico
  • Category: Education
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Government IDs Site Activity Education
  • Records: 51,191
  • Lines: 51,195
  • Size: 5.83 MB
  • Passwords: No

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.