Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In approximately November 2019, the Russian "Remote preparatory faculty for IT specialties" Universarium suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 565k email addresses and passwords in plain text. Universarium did not respond to multiple attempts to make contact over a period of many weeks.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers
  • Records: 568,784
  • Lines: 568,783
  • Size: 27.08 MB
  • Passwords: No
In December 2016, the Russian hacking forum Best-Hack suffered a data breach that impacted 70k users. The breach included Usernames, Email addresses and Passwords stored as vBulletin hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Records: 70,259
  • Lines: 70,259
  • Size: 6.27 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 46%
In September 2021, the Moscow Electronic School platform was breached. The platform is primarily used for educational purposes in Moscow, Russia. Reports suggest that the breach was carried out by the Ukranian NLB hacker group, resulting in the exposure of approximately 17 million lines of data. Among the compromised data were names, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, physical locations, and site activities.
  • Date: Sep 8, 2021
  • Domain: school.mos.ru
  • Threat Actor: Ukranian NLB hacker group
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Education
  • Source: hashmob.net
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 17,056,658
  • Lines: 17,056,658
  • Size: 5.9 GB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 35%
In 2024, Zaymer, a Russian financial services platform known for providing microloans and financial solutions, experienced a data breach. The incident reportedly exposed approximately 16,857,435 lines of data. Among the compromised information were names, birthdates, physical locations, phone numbers, genders, government IDs, and passport details.
  • Date: 2024
  • Domain: zaymer.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Finance & Payments
  • Data: Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Genders Birthdates Places of Birth Government IDs Passport Information
  • Records: 16,820,000
  • Lines: 16,856,259
  • Size: 12.68 GB
  • Passwords: No
In 2024, Qzaem, a Russian online service that helps users find suitable personal loans by acting as an intermediary between applicants and financial institutions, reportedly experienced a data leak. The breach exposed 7,615,140 records containing sensitive personal and financial information, primarily affecting Russian users. Among the compromised data were names, email addresses, passwords, birthdates, physical addresses, IP addresses, and payment details, including bank and credit card information.
  • Date: Oct 6, 2023
  • Domain: qzaem.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Finance & Payments
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Genders Payment Information Credit Card Information Bank Account Information IP Addresses Birthdates
  • Records: 7,615,131
  • Lines: 7,615,138
  • Size: 12.91 GB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In February 2016, the Russian portal and email service KM.RU was the target of an attack that was later detailed on Reddit. The breach, which affected multiple Russian sites, compromised almost 1.5 million accounts. The exposed data included birthdates, email addresses, genders, languages, names, profile photos, site activity, and usernames.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Genders Geographic Locations Security Hints Usernames
  • Records: 2,379,861
  • Lines: 24,221,648
  • Size: 519.38 MB
  • Passwords: No
In August 2024, Burger King Russia's website, burgerkingrus.ru, reportedly experienced a data breach. Claims suggest that the full database contains approximately 30 million records. Among the compromised data were names, dates of birth, email addresses, phone numbers, gender, physical addresses, and customer preferences, such as favorite dishes and categories.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Genders Birthdates Personal Interests
  • Records: 5,622,000
  • Lines: 5,627,683
  • Size: 744.77 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.