Breach Intelligence

6,874

Total breached databases

Sometime before 2021, the caller-ID applications GetContact and NumBuster allegedly had a database exposed. Reports suggest the leaked dataset contained approximately 141,000 records of Russian phone numbers, each paired with the names under which contacts had saved that number. The exposed data included phone numbers and full names.
  • Date: 2021
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Technology
  • Data: Names Phone Numbers
  • Records: 141,402
  • Lines: 141,403
  • Size: 29.35 MB
  • Passwords: ?
In October 2021, the Russian dating and social-networking site Fotostrana.ru allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that data belonging to approximately 794,000 users was exposed. The compromised data allegedly included email addresses, usernames, names, phone numbers, genders, dates of birth, IP addresses, and MD5 password hashes.
  • Date: Oct 10, 2021
  • Domain: fotostrana.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Dating
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Usernames Genders IP Addresses Birthdates
  • Records: 800,000
  • Lines: 800,000
  • Size: 362.96 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In approximately November 2021, the Russian electric scooter rental website Urent (Aka URentBike) suffered a data breach that impacted 379k users. The leak led to the exposure of data including Email addresses, Phone numbers, Phone Models, Full names and Passwords stored in an encrypted format. This website was breached by @datahub.
  • Date: Nov 2021
  • Domain: urent.ru
  • Threat Actor: datahub
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Automotive
  • Source: urent.ru
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Device Information
  • Records: 379,289
  • Lines: 379,289
  • Size: 365.19 MB
  • Passwords: Unknown
In 2013, YouHack.ru, a Russian website known for hacking tools, gaming cheats, exploits, and tutorials, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the incident exposed approximately 107,000 user accounts. The compromised data reportedly included email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, dates of birth, and vBulletin (salted MD5) hashed passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses Social Profiles Birthdates
  • Records: 45,516,353
  • Lines: 29,369,381
  • Size: 6.9 GB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 0%
In August 2019, the Russian-language hacking forum DedicateT (dedicatet.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the forum, which centred on the trade of dedicated servers, RDP access and related tools, had approximately 11,000 members exposed. The compromised data allegedly included email addresses, usernames, site activity and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 11,282
  • Lines: 456,513
  • Size: 118.84 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime around 2013, the Russian Dota 2 gaming community forum D2club.ru allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that approximately 6,900 individuals were affected. The exposed data allegedly included email addresses, usernames, vBulletin password hashes, IP addresses, geographic locations, social profiles, and websites.
  • Date: 2013
  • Domain: d2club.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Gaming
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Social Profiles Websites
  • Records: 12,786
  • Lines: 93,547
  • Size: 36.63 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2022, the Russian online store Simvol (z.simvol.ru / simvolstore.ru), a retailer of state and corporate symbols such as flags and emblems, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the data was subsequently resold on a public breach forum. It has been reported that approximately 2,000 individuals were affected, with the exposed data including email addresses and geographic location information. No passwords were included in the indexed records.
  • Date: 2022
  • Domain: z.simvol.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Geographic Locations
  • Records: 6,059
  • Lines: 110,180
  • Size: 21.11 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.