Breach Intelligence

6,874

Total breached databases

In November 2022, healthnewschannel.com, a US-based health and general news website, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed data originated from a full database export of the site's Joomla content-management system. It has been reported that approximately 2 administrator and editor accounts were exposed, including email addresses, names, usernames, bcrypt-hashed passwords, and site activity timestamps.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 2
  • Lines: 13,905
  • Size: 12.66 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2023, Founders Approach (foundersapproach.org) allegedly suffered a data breach. Founders Approach is a US-based mobile app and web development company. Reports suggest approximately 700 individuals had their information exposed, including email addresses, names, usernames, phone numbers, geographic locations, websites, and company information. The exposed data also allegedly contained passwords stored as plaintext, MD5, BCrypt, and other formats.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Websites Company Information
  • Records: 1,185
  • Lines: 31,277
  • Size: 596.24 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext, BCrypt, MD5, Unknown
In October 2022, FAK Logistics (faktrack.com), a US-based freight load-tracking platform used by shippers, carriers, and drivers, allegedly suffered a data breach. It has been reported that data belonging to approximately 2,700 individuals was exposed. The compromised information reportedly included email addresses, BCrypt-hashed passwords, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, and a small number of driver's license and vehicle details.
  • Date: Oct 30, 2022
  • Domain: faktrack.com
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Logistics & Transportation
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Government IDs Site Activity Driving License Numbers License Plate Numbers Vehicle Information
  • Records: 4,579
  • Lines: 608,090
  • Size: 120.04 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%
In January 2023, Equis Financial (equisfinancial.com), a US-based life-insurance marketing organisation, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that a database export was exposed containing over 400,000 records relating to insurance clients, mortgage-protection sales leads, and agent accounts. The exposed data allegedly included email addresses, full names, phone numbers, physical addresses, dates of birth, genders, job titles, usernames, IP addresses, and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Genders IP Addresses Job Information Birthdates
  • Records: 416,755
  • Lines: 1,471,613
  • Size: 314.86 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2022, Election News Channel (electionnewschannel.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Election News Channel is an independent US political news, analysis, and opinion website featuring election coverage and opinion polls. It has been reported that the exposed data originated from the site's Joomla content-management database. Reports suggest approximately 2 records were exposed, containing email addresses, names, usernames, site activity dates, and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 2
  • Lines: 6,140
  • Size: 2.12 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before October 2022, a development server associated with the domain eg.dev.spherepbx.com allegedly exposed a merchant cash-advance lead database. Reports suggest approximately 2,700 records of United States small-business funding applicants were compromised, including full names, phone numbers, home and business addresses, company details, tax IDs, and business financial information. The exposed dataset contained no passwords or credentials.
  • Data: Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Tax IDs Company Information
  • Records: 2,674
  • Lines: 2,791
  • Size: 791.12 KB
  • Passwords: No
In December 2022, the US-based social networking site Diswai (diswai.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Diswai is a small social platform operated by Diswai, LLC of Savannah, Georgia. Reports suggest a small dataset of fewer than 30 records was exposed, including email addresses, usernames, names, bcrypt-hashed passwords, genders, dates of birth, phone numbers, IP addresses, and geographic locations.
  • Date: Dec 2022
  • Domain: diswai.com
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Social Media & Communication
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Genders IP Addresses Websites Birthdates
  • Records: 26
  • Lines: 17,001
  • Size: 3.67 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%

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.