Breach Intelligence

6,874

Total breached databases

In May 2021, Realcoding.net, a Russian website which appears related to educational content potentially including coding tutorials or resources, allegedly suffered a data breach. The breach reportedly exposed approximately 113,000 records, including email addresses, usernames, passwords (hashed with MD5), geographic locations, and site activity.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 113,085
  • Lines: 113,221
  • Size: 42.21 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 37%
In 2013, Pubup.ru, a Russian-based public forum, allegedly suffered a data breach. Pubup.ru provides a platform for discussions on a variety of topics. Reports suggest that approximately 3 records were compromised in the incident. The exposed data allegedly included email addresses, passwords, names, geographic locations, usernames, and site activity. The passwords were reportedly hashed using PHPass.
  • Date: 2013
  • Domain: pubup.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Forums & Communities
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 3
  • Lines: 25
  • Size: 1.3 KB
  • Passwords: PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2016, Pokemonus.ru allegedly suffered a data breach. The breach reportedly compromised around 1,000 records. The data exposed included email addresses, usernames, passwords (notably vBulletin hashes), geographic locations, IP addresses, site activity, social profiles, websites, and birthdates.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Social Profiles Websites Birthdates
  • Records: 1,003
  • Lines: 1,100
  • Size: 598.7 KB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2017, NiceMC, a Minecraft-related website from Russia, allegedly suffered a data breach. NiceMC appears to be a Minecraft-related website from Russia, possibly offering gaming content or services related to the popular video game Minecraft. Reports suggest that approximately 52,000 records were compromised during this breach. The data exposed includes email addresses, usernames, geographic locations, IP addresses, site activity, and passwords, which were reportedly hashed using MD5.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity
  • Records: 51,752
  • Lines: 51,827
  • Size: 21.67 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 97%
Moonmc.ru allegedly suffered a data breach. It has been reported that around 90,000 records were compromised in the incident. The exposed data purportedly includes passwords encrypted with SHA-256 and salted, geographic locations, usernames, IP addresses, and site activity details.
  • Data: Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity
  • Records: 90,195
  • Lines: 90,226
  • Size: 14.07 MB
  • Passwords: SHA-256 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2019, Modnail, a Russian website, allegedly suffered a data breach. Modnail is a Russian website specializing in the sale and distribution of nail art products and accessories. Reports suggest that approximately 15,000 records were compromised during this incident. The data allegedly accessed includes email addresses, usernames, geographic locations, site activity, websites, and passwords encrypted with PHPass.
  • Date: 2019
  • Domain: modnail.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Websites
  • Records: 15,456
  • Lines: 15,561
  • Size: 3.45 MB
  • Passwords: PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
In July 2016, Maryno.net, a regional internet service provider based in Moscow, Russia, serving the Maryno, Lyublino, and Kapotnya districts, allegedly experienced a data breach of its community forum. Reports suggest that approximately 22,000 individuals were affected, with the compromised data including email addresses, usernames, vBulletin password hashes with salts, IP addresses, geographic locations, dates of account creation and last activity, birthdates, social media profiles, and websites.
  • Date: Jul 2016
  • Domain: maryno.net
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Technology
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Social Profiles Websites Birthdates
  • Records: 21,956
  • Lines: 22,049
  • Size: 11.08 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.