Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In 2012, fan-piratia.ru allegedly suffered a data breach exposing its user database. The site was a Russian fan forum for the online game Piratia, running on Invision Power Board. Reports suggest approximately 663 records were exposed, including email addresses, salted MD5 password hashes, IP addresses, usernames, VK social profile IDs, and account activity dates.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames Security Credentials IP Addresses Site Activity Social Profiles
  • Records: 663
  • Lines: 34,256
  • Size: 14.69 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2014, the Russian-language forum Black-files.ru allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 460 records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, genders, geographic locations, site activity, social profiles, websites, job information, and salted SHA-256 password hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity Social Profiles Websites Job Information
  • Records: 461
  • Lines: 91,994
  • Size: 35.43 MB
  • Passwords: SHA-256 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2016, ls-project.ru, a Russian-language GTA San Andreas Multiplayer (SAMP) roleplay community forum running phpBB, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 982 records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, PHPass password hashes, geographic locations, genders, social profiles, and birthdates.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Social Profiles Websites Birthdates Languages
  • Records: 982
  • Lines: 350,822
  • Size: 29.83 MB
  • Passwords: PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before April 2018, the Russian SAMP / GTA-RP gaming forum sgl-rp.ru allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 41,000 records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, geographic locations, site activity data, and salted MD5 password hashes.
  • Date: 2018
  • Domain: sgl-rp.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Gaming
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity
  • Records: 41,245
  • Lines: 47,206
  • Size: 79.08 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime in 2010, Mrfreeman-club.ru allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest fewer than 100 records were exposed, including email addresses, names, phone numbers, addresses, IP addresses, MD5 password hashes, and plaintext passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Fax Numbers
  • Records: 58
  • Lines: 16,027
  • Size: 2.92 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 80%
BestCombats (bestcombats.net) allegedly suffered a data breach. BestCombats is a Russian-language browser-based MMORPG inspired by the "Бойцовский Клуб" (Fight Club) online game series, where players engage in turn-based combat with stats, equipment, and clans. Reports suggest approximately 5,000 records were exposed, including email addresses, MD5-hashed passwords, usernames, full names, IP addresses, birthdates, genders, geographic locations, social profiles, and site activity data.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Social Profiles Birthdates
  • Records: 4,811
  • Lines: 78,428
  • Size: 11.76 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
Zakupki.gov.ru is the Russian Federation's Unified Information System for Procurement, hosting the official register of registered procurement participants (ЕРУЗ). In 2019, Zakupki.gov.ru allegedly suffered a data breach. It has been reported that approximately 150,000 records were exposed, including email addresses, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, and government IDs. No passwords were compromised.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Government IDs Site Activity
  • Records: 154,476
  • Lines: 155,564
  • Size: 51.81 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.