Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In November 2019, the Russian online forum Sochi-Com (sochi-com.ru), a community portal for the city of Sochi, allegedly suffered a data breach. The site runs on vBulletin. Reports suggest approximately 6,300 records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, IP addresses and salted vBulletin password hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses
  • Records: 6,265
  • Lines: 6,265
  • Size: 700.12 KB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2019, forumdate.ru, a Russian-language online dating forum running vBulletin, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 32,000 user records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, IP addresses and vBulletin salted password hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses
  • Records: 31,828
  • Lines: 31,828
  • Size: 3.52 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 0%
In November 2019, the Russian design community forum DesignForum (designforum.ru) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the vBulletin-powered forum was compromised, exposing approximately 7,000 records. The leaked data allegedly included email addresses, usernames, IP addresses and salted vBulletin password hashes.
  • Date: Nov 2019
  • Domain: designforum.ru
  • Threat Actor: DON JUJI (XDSEC)
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Forums & Communities
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses
  • Records: 7,304
  • Lines: 7,308
  • Size: 569.6 KB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2017, the Russian railway-signalling forum SCBist (scbist.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. SCBist is a vBulletin-based community for railway automation, signalling and interlocking (СЦБ) professionals. Reports suggest approximately 16,700 user records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, IP addresses and vBulletin (salted MD5) password hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses
  • Records: 16,699
  • Lines: 16,701
  • Size: 1.75 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime around 2022, the Russian online tool retailer Usatools.ru (usatools.ru) allegedly suffered a data breach. Usatools.ru is an e-commerce store selling American-made power tools. It has been reported that approximately 4,000 customer records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, names, phone numbers, genders, geographic locations and salted MD5 password hashes.
  • Date: 2022
  • Domain: usatools.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity
  • Records: 4,063
  • Lines: 4,064
  • Size: 1.23 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2020, the Russian online shop De77.ru (de77.ru) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed dataset contained approximately 10,000 customer records, including email addresses, usernames, names, account registration and last-login timestamps, and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes (Joomla format).
  • Date: 2020
  • Domain: de77.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 10,874
  • Lines: 10,875
  • Size: 1.94 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
In May 2022, the Russian online store Raruk.ru, a retailer of needlework and handicraft supplies, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed database contained roughly 150,000 email addresses (largely newsletter subscribers) alongside around 16,000 registered customer accounts, including full names, phone numbers, usernames, delivery addresses and genders.
  • Date: 2022
  • Domain: raruk.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 330,455
  • Lines: 1,582,728
  • Size: 125.42 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.