Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In October 2019, the State of Michigan voter registration database was allegedly leaked online and shared publicly. Reports suggest the dataset exposed approximately 7.5 million records of registered voters, including full names, physical addresses, dates of birth, genders, voter identification numbers, phone numbers, and voter status and history. No passwords were involved.
  • Date: Oct 2019
  • Domain: michigan.gov
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Government
  • Data: Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Government IDs Genders Birthdates Political Affiliation
  • Records: 7,523,476
  • Lines: 7,523,477
  • Size: 2.55 GB
  • Passwords: No
In May 2020, a file allegedly belonging to PetFlow, a cat and dog food delivery service, surfaced on the web. The file consisted of 991,588 user accounts, compromising email addresses and MD5 hashed passwords. The database was formerly on sale by notoriously famous GnosticPlayers. The owners of the website have claimed that their data is secure, nevertheless the content of May 2020 leak seems to be legitimate.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Site Activity
  • Records: 956,760
  • Lines: 956,999
  • Size: 28.43 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext, MD5
In October 2018, the Oregon state voter registry (oregon.gov) was allegedly compromised and distributed on a hacking forum. Reports suggest the data was obtained from the state's official SSH/SFTP servers, with approximately 3.2 million records exposed. The compromised data allegedly included full names, physical addresses, dates of birth, genders, phone numbers, voter ID numbers and political party affiliation. The dataset contained no passwords.
  • Data: Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Government IDs Genders Birthdates Political Affiliation
  • Records: 3,179,344
  • Lines: 3,179,345
  • Size: 587.95 MB
  • Passwords: No
In October 2018, the Maryland statewide voter registry (maryland.gov) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the data was obtained by accessing the state's official SSH/SFTP servers, with some of it crowdsourced. It has been reported that approximately 4.3 million records were exposed, including full names, physical and previous addresses, dates of birth, genders, government-issued voter IDs, and political affiliation. The dataset does not contain any passwords.
  • Date: Oct 2018
  • Domain: maryland.gov
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Government
  • Data: Names Physical Locations Government IDs Genders Birthdates Political Affiliation
  • Records: 4,286,737
  • Lines: 4,286,737
  • Size: 897.26 MB
  • Passwords: No
In October 2018, a statewide voter registration database belonging to the U.S. state of Missouri allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the data was obtained from the state's official systems and subsequently shared online. The exposed records, totaling approximately 4.1 million individuals, allegedly included full names, physical addresses, dates of birth, and other voter registration details. No passwords were included in the dataset.
  • Date: Oct 2018
  • Domain: missouri.gov
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Government
  • Data: Names Physical Locations Government IDs Genders Birthdates Political Affiliation
  • Records: 4,130,524
  • Lines: 4,130,525
  • Size: 1.44 GB
  • Passwords: No
In October 2018, the voter database for Florida became available for download on a hacking forum. Reports suggest the database includes 13.9 million records. Among the compromised data were voter IDs, full names, physical addresses, previous addresses, dates of birth, genders, phone numbers, voter status, and voter history.
  • Date: Oct 2018
  • Domain: florida.gov
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Government
  • Data: Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Government IDs Genders Birthdates Political Affiliation
  • Records: 13,939,029
  • Lines: 13,939,029
  • Size: 2.05 GB
  • Passwords: No
In October 2018, a database containing voter information from Washington was compromised. The database, primarily intended as a voter registry, reportedly consists of approximately 4.7 million records. Among the compromised data were Voter IDs, full names, physical addresses, previous addresses, dates of birth, genders, and voter status.
  • Date: Oct 2018
  • Domain: wa.gov
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Government
  • Data: Names Physical Locations Genders Birthdates
  • Records: 4,792,982
  • Lines: 4,792,983
  • Size: 681.62 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.