Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

Loc.gov, the website of the United States Library of Congress, allegedly had a small set of internal account records exposed at an unknown date. Reports suggest approximately 37 records were exposed, including usernames, email addresses, and MD5 and SHA-1 hashed passwords.
  • Domain: loc.gov
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Government
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames
  • Records: 37
  • Lines: 41
  • Size: 2.55 KB
  • Passwords: MD5, SHA-1
  • Cracked: 0%
At an unknown date, the Johns Hopkins University Department of Biomedical Engineering (db-bme.jhu.edu) allegedly had a database exposed by the hacktivist crew r00ts3curity. Reports suggest approximately 700 records were exposed, including names, email addresses, and phone numbers of students, staff, and affiliates.
  • Domain: db-bme.jhu.edu
  • Threat Actor: r00ts3curity
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Education
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations
  • Records: 786
  • Lines: 864
  • Size: 35 KB
  • Passwords: No
In September 2013, the vBulletin community forum of HydroCanna (hydrocanna.com), a hydroponics and plant-nutrient brand, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the forum database was extracted via a webshell, exposing approximately 5,700 records. The compromised data included email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, birthdates, site-activity dates, and passwords stored as salted vBulletin hashes.
  • Date: Sep 30, 2013
  • Domain: hydrocanna.com
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Forums & Communities
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 5,698
  • Lines: 4
  • Size: 16.81 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 0%
In November 2022, the US dumpster rental company Simple Dumpsters (simpledumpsters.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the customer database, containing approximately 25,000 records, was exposed and shared on a hacking forum. The compromised data included email addresses, full names, phone numbers, and geographic locations (ZIP codes, states). No passwords were included in the leak.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Site Activity
  • Records: 25,282
  • Lines: 25,283
  • Size: 3.55 MB
  • Passwords: No
In April 2023, the US pharmacy-services platform CityMedRX (citymedrx.com) allegedly suffered a data breach of its business customer database. Reports suggest approximately 2,700 pharmacy accounts, largely in the New York area, were exposed. The compromised data allegedly included email addresses, contact names, legal business names, phone numbers, and physical addresses. No passwords were included in the exposed data.
  • Date: Apr 20, 2023
  • Domain: citymedrx.com
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Healthcare
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Site Activity Company Information
  • Records: 2,745
  • Lines: 4,552
  • Size: 1.07 MB
  • Passwords: No
The US online store Online Wireless Mall (onlinewirelessmall.com), a wireless phone and accessories retailer, allegedly suffered a data breach exposing its customer records. Reports suggest a customer export containing approximately 2,500 accounts was exposed, including email addresses, names, phone numbers, geographic locations and account activity through 2022. No passwords were included in the exposed data.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Site Activity
  • Records: 2,509
  • Lines: 2,510
  • Size: 299.97 KB
  • Passwords: No
In January 2023, the US web-design agency 71Three (71three.com) allegedly had a server database exposed. The dump bundles the agency's own site plus several client applications (a coaching platform, a vehicle-shipping booking system, job/contact forms and WordPress installs). Reports suggest around 2,000 individuals were affected, with exposed data including email addresses, names, usernames, phone numbers, geographic locations, company details and passwords stored as plaintext, MD5, phpass and SHA-512 hashes.
  • Date: Jan 2023
  • Domain: 71three.com
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Technology
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Websites Company Information
  • Records: 2,229
  • Lines: 218,754
  • Size: 67.76 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext, MD5, PHPass, SHA-512

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.