Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

Sometime in mid-2015, the Russian community forum Appuls.ru (later rebranded as bcf.su) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the XenForo-based forum, focused on gaming, scripts and CMS templates, exposed approximately 700 records including email addresses, usernames, genders, geographic locations and bcrypt password hashes.
  • Date: 2015
  • Domain: appuls.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Forums & Communities
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity Websites
  • Records: 712
  • Lines: 226,665
  • Size: 83.03 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2012, fkservice.ru, a Russian online repair and service center, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 2 records were exposed, including email addresses, MD5 password hashes, usernames, names, geographic locations, and site activity data.
  • Date: 2012
  • Domain: fkservice.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 2
  • Lines: 110
  • Size: 32.59 KB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2013, Pipec.info, a Russian entertainment and video-sharing community site, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 22,000 user records were exposed, including email addresses, MD5 password hashes, usernames, full names, genders, ICQ numbers, phone numbers, geographic locations, and account activity dates.
  • Date: 2013
  • Domain: pipec.info
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Streaming & Entertainment
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity Social Profiles
  • Records: 22,374
  • Lines: 1,074,382
  • Size: 362.67 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2015, Polisorb.com allegedly suffered a data breach. Polisorb is a Russian pharmaceutical company producing a medical sorbent product. Reports suggest approximately 3 records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, names, salted MD5 password hashes, and site activity data.
  • Date: 2015
  • Domain: polisorb.com
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Healthcare
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 3
  • Lines: 115
  • Size: 7.2 KB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2020, ki-news.ru, a small Russian regional news website, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 32 records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, full names, and hashed passwords (PHPass).
  • Date: 2020
  • Domain: ki-news.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: News & Media
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Websites
  • Records: 32
  • Lines: 106,895
  • Size: 276.64 MB
  • Passwords: PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2019, Lavaguden.ru, a Russian Minecraft gaming server, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 7,200 user records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, salted MD5 password hashes, and account activity timestamps.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity
  • Records: 7,205
  • Lines: 15,975
  • Size: 1.78 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2015, kommunikatorywindows.ru allegedly suffered a data breach affecting its user base. The site was a Russian-language blog and community focused on Windows Mobile communicators (PDAs and smartphones). Reports suggest approximately 1,599 records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, names, PHPass password hashes, IP addresses, and site activity data.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity
  • Records: 1,599
  • Lines: 5,498
  • Size: 15.6 MB
  • Passwords: PHPass
  • 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.