Breach Intelligence

6,874

Total breached databases

In January 2013, Gamecampus.com, a US-based publisher of free-to-play online games, allegedly suffered a data breach affecting its phpBB community forum. Reports suggest approximately 400,000 forum accounts were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, PHPass-hashed passwords, instant-messenger handles, and other profile fields.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames Social Profiles Websites Languages
  • Records: 395,974
  • Lines: 396,840
  • Size: 345.41 MB
  • Passwords: PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime around 2012, the Zen Cart-powered embroidery and clip-art e-commerce store Doodling Divas (listed on embroidery.gotop100.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 8,900 individuals were exposed, including email addresses, salted MD5 password hashes, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, usernames, and birthdates.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Birthdates
  • Records: 41,094
  • Lines: 63,670
  • Size: 111.48 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime in or before 2013, an alleged data breach affected Magentocommerce.com (the Magento Commerce e-commerce platform). Reports suggest the dump originated from a single Magento installation rather than the platform itself, and approximately 5,300 unique customer records were exposed. The compromised data allegedly included email addresses, salted MD5 password hashes, names, phone numbers, fax numbers, IP addresses, postal addresses, and site activity timestamps.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations IP Addresses Site Activity Fax Numbers
  • Records: 34,750
  • Lines: 1,531,917
  • Size: 84.19 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime in 2020, Looking Glass Gems (lookingglassgems.com), a US-based online gemstone and jewelry retailer, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 12,700 individuals were affected, with exposed data including email addresses, names, geographic locations, usernames, IP addresses, site activity, websites, and passwords stored in PHPass format.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Websites
  • Records: 13,596
  • Lines: 217,194
  • Size: 22.28 MB
  • Passwords: PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2016, ESB Design+Build (esbdesignbuild.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. ESB Design+Build is a Tucson, Arizona-based company specializing in custom prefab and modular buildings, operating a WordPress site. Reports suggest approximately 150 records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, names, IP addresses, site activity and personal websites, alongside passwords stored as PHPass hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Websites
  • Records: 349
  • Lines: 515
  • Size: 830.7 KB
  • Passwords: PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2021, Playbooksports.com, a US sports handicapping subscription service operated by Marc Lawrence offering expert picks and newsletters for NFL, NBA and college football and basketball wagering, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 25,000 individuals were exposed. The compromised data is reported to include email addresses, plaintext passwords, names, phone and fax numbers, geographic locations, usernames, company information and site activity records.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Company Information Fax Numbers
  • Records: 106,385
  • Lines: 1,160,153
  • Size: 843.32 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
Sometime before 2021, Versity.com, a US-based college social network and career platform aimed at university students, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 76,000 individuals were exposed, including email addresses, MD5-hashed passwords, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, birthdates, ethnicities, site activity data, and company information.
  • Date: 2021
  • Domain: versity.com
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Education
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Site Activity Company Information Birthdates Ethnicities
  • Records: 136,580
  • Lines: 339,119
  • Size: 586.59 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • 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.