Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In June 2026, Moody Bible Institute, a Chicago-based evangelical Christian college, allegedly suffered a data breach as part of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign. Reports suggest the compromised data spanned enrollment, donor relations, payroll and communications systems and was later published publicly. Approximately 2.3 million individuals were affected, with exposed data including names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, dates of birth, genders and marital statuses relating to donors, supporters, students and alumni.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Genders Birthdates
  • Records: 3,244,238
  • Lines: 22,687,631
  • Size: 4.93 GB
  • Passwords: No
Kroll 2023

Kroll 2023

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In August 2023, Kroll (kroll.com), a global risk and financial advisory firm that administers major bankruptcy cases, allegedly suffered a data breach affecting creditors of FTX, BlockFi and Genesis. Reports suggest threat actors gained access via a SIM-swap attack on a Kroll employee's mobile account and exfiltrated KYC/AML records for approximately 198,000 FTX bankruptcy claimants. The compromised information reportedly includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, countries, and account financial/compliance classifications (balance tiers, trading-activity flags). No passwords were included.
  • Date: Aug 19, 2023
  • Domain: kroll.com
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Finance & Payments
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Financial Information Site Activity Company Information
  • Records: 198,345
  • Lines: 198,345
  • Size: 40.86 MB
  • Passwords: No
Crypto.com USA Leads allegedly consists of a marketing lead list of roughly 1 million individuals in the United States, circulated on hacking forums as being associated with the cryptocurrency platform crypto.com. Reports suggest the data was compiled and resold rather than obtained from a confirmed platform breach. The exposed records include email addresses, first and last names, phone numbers, and a US geographic scope, with no passwords present.
  • Domain: crypto.com
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Cryptocurrency
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations
  • Records: 1,048,575
  • Lines: 175,937
  • Size: 58.65 MB
  • Passwords: No
Sometime before September 2026, ItalyVacationSpecialists.com, a US-based travel agency specialising in Italy vacation packages, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest its full customer database was exposed, affecting approximately 5,700 individuals. The compromised records reportedly include names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses and account activity dates. No passwords were included in the exposed data.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Site Activity
  • Records: 7,148
  • Lines: 7,154
  • Size: 771.11 KB
  • Passwords: No
In April 2023, a customer database belonging to Rize Reviews (rizereviews.com) was allegedly exposed. Rize Reviews is a United States-based online reputation and review management marketing agency. Reports suggest a customer export was leaked, comprising records for approximately 39,000 individuals. The compromised data allegedly included first and last names, email addresses, phone numbers, and email-engagement activity timestamps. No passwords were included.
  • Date: Apr 24, 2023
  • Domain: rizereviews.com
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Professional & Corporate
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Site Activity
  • Records: 47,600
  • Lines: 47,601
  • Size: 6.7 MB
  • Passwords: No
In 2026, the John Engel Team, a luxury real estate brokerage team operating under Douglas Elliman in Connecticut, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the incident was part of a broader high-net-worth extortion campaign attributed to the actor ShadowByt3$. Approximately 14,000 client contact records were exposed, including names, email addresses, and CRM lead/behavioral tracking data (lead scores, homes viewed, email engagement metrics).
  • Date: 2026
  • Domain: elliman.com
  • Threat Actor: ShadowByt3$
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Real Estate
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Financial Information Site Activity
  • Records: 14,476
  • Lines: 14,476
  • Size: 2.18 MB
  • Passwords: No
On January 17, 2026, Match Group (mtch.com) — the US company behind the Hinge, Match, OkCupid and Plenty of Fish dating apps — allegedly suffered a data breach attributed to the ShinyHunters group, which released the data on January 27, 2026 after a ransom demand was not met. Reports suggest the dump held over 10 million rows of app usage/attribution telemetry plus roughly 196,000 users and internal company documents. The indexed portion covers the user-identifying files, exposing email addresses, usernames, dates of birth, geographic postal codes and account activity dates; the broader dump also allegedly included phone numbers, IP addresses, genders, device details and a small number of plaintext passwords.
  • Date: Jan 17, 2026
  • Domain: mtch.com
  • Threat Actor: ShinyHunters
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Dating
  • Source: ransomware.live
  • Data: Email Addresses Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Birthdates Personal Information
  • Records: 297,050
  • Lines: 9,679,719
  • Size: 5.87 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.