Breach Intelligence

6,874

Total breached databases

Sometime before 2014, a member directory associated with AOL (aol.com) was allegedly compiled and circulated. It has been reported that the dataset held roughly 161,000 AOL member records. Reports suggest the exposed data included email addresses, full names, and US postal addresses. No passwords were included.
  • Date: 2014
  • Domain: aol.com
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Technology
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Geographic Locations
  • Records: 160,822
  • Lines: 160,833
  • Size: 10.72 MB
  • Passwords: No
In January 2022, the RMA support portal for AAXA Technologies, a US-based manufacturer of portable and mini projectors, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 1,400 records were exposed, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses.
  • Date: Jan 15, 2022
  • Domain: aaxatech.com
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Technology
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 2,123
  • Lines: 17,377
  • Size: 23.35 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%
Around 2018, DoylesRoom (doylesroompoker.com) — a US-facing online poker room — allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 48,000 user records were exposed, including screen names, email addresses, full names, postal addresses, phone numbers and plaintext passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames
  • Records: 48,131
  • Lines: 48,133
  • Size: 11.59 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
HK Surgical, a San Clemente, California-based manufacturer and distributor of tumescent liposuction and surgical supply equipment, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 2,300 records were exposed, including email addresses and salted password hashes.
  • Date: Jan 16, 2022
  • Domain: hksurgical.com
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Healthcare
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Site Activity
  • Records: 7,937
  • Lines: 126,872
  • Size: 23.39 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
Newport-Pleasure.com was the rewards and promotions website for the Newport cigarette brand, aimed at adult smokers in the United States. The site has allegedly suffered a data breach, with reports indicating that approximately 155,000 user records were exposed, including email addresses and passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords
  • Records: 154,655
  • Lines: 155,329
  • Size: 4.64 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
In January 2022, the Northern Nevada Music Teachers Association (nnmta.org), a nonprofit association supporting music teachers and students in northern Nevada, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 830 records were exposed, including email addresses and names.
  • Date: Jan 16, 2022
  • Domain: nnmta.org
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Education
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 15,266
  • Lines: 197,804
  • Size: 39.44 MB
  • Passwords: PHPass, WordPress
  • Cracked: 0%
At an unconfirmed date, an internal data dump attributed to AOL (aol.com) was allegedly circulated. The dump appears to contain an internal staff/access-control directory alongside advertising-operations and application configuration data. Reports suggest a small set of employee email addresses (across corp.aol.com, teamaol.com, mapquest.com and platform-a.com) was exposed, with no passwords included.
  • Domain: aol.com
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Technology
  • Data: Email Addresses
  • Records: 43
  • Lines: 62,504
  • Size: 23.27 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.