Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

Valassis 2019

Valassis 2019

Sometime before 2019, Valassis, a US direct-mail marketing and advertising company, allegedly suffered a data breach of one of its consumer marketing databases. It has been reported that the exposed data covered approximately 12.8 million individuals. The compromised information allegedly included full names and postal addresses (street address, city, county, state and ZIP code); no email addresses or passwords were present in the data.
  • Date: 2019
  • Domain: valassis.com
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Data Brokers
  • Data: Names Geographic Locations
  • Records: 12,824,754
  • Lines: 63,330,068
  • Size: 10.31 GB
  • Passwords: No

Active Network sports (unidentified) save_ cluster 2019

Sometime before 2019, ACTIVE Network — a sports and event registration platform — allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 22 million user records were exposed, including email addresses, SHA-1 password hashes, names, phone numbers, geographic locations and account activity dates.
  • Date: 2019
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Sports
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Site Activity
  • Records: 22,046,328
  • Lines: 23,606,696
  • Size: 3.96 GB
  • Passwords: SHA-1, Unknown
New York 2018 Voter 2018

New York 2018 Voter 2018

In October 2018, the New York State voter registration database, maintained by the New York State Board of Elections (ny.gov), allegedly suffered a data breach. It has been reported that the data was obtained through unauthorized access to the state's SSH/SFTP servers. Approximately 16 million voter records were exposed, including full names, dates of birth, genders, residential and previous physical addresses, political party affiliations, and state-issued voter ID numbers. The data did not include passwords.
  • Date: Oct 2018
  • Domain: ny.gov
  • Threat Actor: Omnipotent
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Government
  • Data: Names Physical Locations Geographic Locations Government IDs Genders Site Activity Birthdates Political Affiliation
  • Records: 15,980,005
  • Lines: 15,980,005
  • Size: 5.51 GB
  • Passwords: No
Chrysler 2025

Chrysler 2025

In December 2025, Chrysler (chrysler.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Chrysler is an American automaker and a subsidiary of Stellantis. Reports suggest the Everest ransomware group exfiltrated more than 1 TB of internal data and released it in January 2026 after its ransom deadline passed. It has been reported that the published files expose records on approximately 2.5 million individuals, including current and former employees, fleet and business customers, dealers and parts-store customers. The compromised data reportedly includes names, email addresses, phone and fax numbers, physical addresses, internal usernames, job titles and employment status, company information, vehicle identification numbers and, for a small number of Brazilian accounts, government-issued tax IDs. No passwords were included.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Government IDs Genders Site Activity Job Information Company Information Fax Numbers Vehicle Information
  • Records: 2,563,453
  • Lines: 2,707,835
  • Size: 642.72 MB
  • Passwords: No
Glendale Community College 2026

Glendale Community College 2026

In June 2026, Glendale Community College, a public community college in Glendale, California, allegedly suffered a data breach after being targeted in a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign. Reports suggest that data obtained from the college's PeopleSoft Campus Solutions systems was subsequently published online, exposing nearly 800,000 individuals, predominantly relating to student enrolments. It has been reported that the exposed records included email addresses, names, phone numbers, geographic addresses, usernames, Social Security numbers, birthdates, genders and ethnicities.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Government IDs Social Security Numbers Genders Birthdates Ethnicities
  • Records: 52,870,668
  • Lines: 83,489,124
  • Size: 6.58 GB
  • Passwords: No
Houston City College 2026

Houston City College 2026

In June 2026, Houston City College was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign. Data allegedly obtained from the college was later published publicly and included 832k unique email addresses along with names, addresses, phone numbers, academic records, and other personal information relating to both current students and alumni.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Geographic Locations
  • Records: 913,939
  • Lines: 196,111,927
  • Size: 19.88 GB
  • Passwords: No
JCPenney 2026

JCPenney 2026

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In June 2026, US retailer JCPenney and associated brands under Catalyst Brands and Authentic Brands Group were allegedly targeted in a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign. Reports suggest the data was obtained through the exploitation of a critical zero-day vulnerability in Oracle PeopleSoft and, after no ransom was paid, published publicly. The exposed records related primarily to internal HR systems and impacted current and former employees. It has been reported that approximately 368,000 records were compromised, including corporate and personal email addresses, usernames, names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, phone numbers, home addresses and job information.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Government IDs Social Security Numbers Job Information Birthdates
  • Records: 6,626,146
  • Lines: 26,152,787
  • Size: 17.25 GB
  • 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.