Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In September 2018, the Russian cottage rental booking site Luxury-cottage.su allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the leak comprised approximately 3,800 records, including email addresses, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, usernames, genders, social profiles, websites, and salted MD5 / SHA-1 password hashes alongside some unknown-format hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity Social Profiles Websites
  • Records: 4,960
  • Lines: 73,184
  • Size: 17.88 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted, SHA-1 Salted, Unknown
Sometime before May 2020, the Russian agricultural packaging equipment supplier Argopak (argopak.ru) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 60,000 individuals were exposed, with leaked data including email addresses, salted MD5 password hashes, names, usernames, genders, geographic locations, social profiles, websites, and company information.
  • Date: 2020
  • Domain: argopak.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Industry
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity Social Profiles Websites Company Information
  • Records: 75,462
  • Lines: 3,033,791
  • Size: 153.94 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
In October 2009, the Russian XSS-vulnerability submission site Sin3v.org allegedly suffered a data breach. The site hosted cross-site-scripting proof-of-concepts and operated a cookie/credential stealer dashboard that captured stolen Mail.ru and Rambler session data. Reports suggest approximately 1,300 records were exposed, including email addresses, plaintext passwords, MD5 hashes, IP addresses, usernames, site activity, social profiles, websites and geographic locations.
  • Date: Oct 6, 2009
  • Domain: sin3v.org
  • Threat Actor: Sin3v
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Hacking
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Social Profiles Websites
  • Records: 2,335
  • Lines: 1,055
  • Size: 997.8 KB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 98%
Sometime before March 2019, the Russian cashback service Reversales (reversales.ru), which lets users earn cashback on purchases at partner online stores, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 340 records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, salted MD5 password hashes, names, phone numbers, birthdates, genders, geographic locations, and website / job information.
  • Date: 2019
  • Domain: reversales.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Finance & Payments
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity Websites Job Information Birthdates Languages
  • Records: 665
  • Lines: 74,179
  • Size: 12.66 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2018, Sharewood.biz, a Russian-language 'skladchina' (group-buy) forum where members pool funds to access paid content such as online courses and e-books, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 13,000 user records were exposed, including email addresses, BCrypt password hashes, usernames, birthdates, site activity timestamps, geographic locations and personal websites.
  • Date: 2013
  • Domain: sharewood.biz
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Forums & Communities
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Websites Birthdates
  • Records: 20,930
  • Lines: 1,371,641
  • Size: 437.15 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%
In November 2012, phreaker.us — a Russian-language vBulletin forum dedicated to phreaking, security, and related technical topics — allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 5,000 distinct individuals were exposed, with the leaked records containing email addresses, salted vBulletin password hashes, usernames, IP addresses, registration and last-activity timestamps, geographic locations, social profiles, websites, and birthdates.
  • Date: Nov 21, 2012
  • Domain: phreaker.us
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Hacking
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Social Profiles Websites Birthdates
  • Records: 10,414
  • Lines: 5,033,561
  • Size: 438.5 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 0%
In February 2009, Carder.su allegedly suffered a data breach. Carder.su was a Russian-language underground forum focused on payment-card fraud and stolen-credentials trading, active in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Reports suggest approximately 10,000 records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, hashed passwords (vBulletin), IP addresses, site activity, social profiles, websites, and birthdates.
  • Date: Feb 25, 2009
  • Domain: carder.su
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Hacking
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Social Profiles Websites Birthdates
  • Records: 10,432
  • Lines: 49,040
  • Size: 19.78 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • 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.