Breach Intelligence

6,874

Total breached databases

In April 2020, StorageFront, a website focused on providing listings and information related to self-storage facilities across the United States, allegedly experienced a data breach. Reports suggest that approximately 144,000 records were compromised. The data exposed included email addresses, names, usernames, site activity, and passwords stored using Django.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 143,822
  • Lines: 96
  • Size: 27.75 MB
  • Passwords: Django
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2011, latimes.com allegedly suffered a data breach. The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, known for its coverage of issues pertinent to the U.S. West Coast, including local news, entertainment, sports, and investigative journalism. Reports suggest that approximately 104,000 records were compromised. The data exposed included email addresses, passwords in plaintext, names, geographic locations, and usernames.
  • Date: 2011
  • Domain: latimes.com
  • Country: United States
  • Category: News & Media
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames
  • Records: 104,463
  • Lines: 104,537
  • Size: 12.27 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
In 2020, ESPN Images allegedly suffered a data breach. ESPN Images is a website associated with ESPN, focusing on the distribution and management of sports media and imagery. The incident reportedly compromised approximately 9,000 records. The data allegedly exposed included email addresses, passwords, names, usernames, IP addresses, and site activity. The passwords were reportedly hashed using MD5.
  • Date: 2020
  • Domain: espnimages.com
  • Country: United States
  • Category: News & Media
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity
  • Records: 9,043
  • Lines: 9,078
  • Size: 3.01 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 13%
In 2016, DevX.com allegedly suffered a data breach. DevX is a technology and development website that provides articles, tutorials, and resources for software developers and IT professionals. The breach reportedly impacted approximately 48,000 records, involving data such as email addresses, passwords, usernames, IP addresses, site activity, social profiles, websites, and birthdates. Passwords compromised in the breach were notably stored using vBulletin hashing.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Social Profiles Websites Birthdates
  • Records: 48,263
  • Lines: 48,348
  • Size: 67.69 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2017, the depts.washington.edu website, which is used by various departments of the University of Washington, a public research university located in Seattle, Washington, USA, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that approximately 906 records were compromised. The data exposed includes email addresses, passwords, names, usernames, and site activity. The passwords were allegedly stored with Django, MD5, and MD5 Salted hashing.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 906
  • Lines: 938
  • Size: 314.83 KB
  • Passwords: Django, MD5, MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
In January 2026, Crunchbase.com, a platform for finding business information about private and public companies, was allegedly breached. Reports suggest that the incident involved approximately 1,019,000 records. The data compromised included email addresses, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, site activity, websites, job information, and company information.
  • Data: Company Information Email Addresses Geographic Locations Job Information Names Phone Numbers Site Activity Websites
  • Records: 1,019,312
  • Lines: 2,009,762
  • Size: 1.9 GB
  • Passwords: No
In January 2021, Cheerleading.com allegedly suffered a data breach. Cheerleading.com is an online platform presumably related to the sport of cheerleading, potentially selling apparel, accessories, or providing information related to cheerleading activities. It has been reported that the breach potentially affected approximately 147,000 records. The compromised data includes email addresses, names, and passwords stored as MD5 and SHA-512 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names
  • Records: 147,328
  • Lines: 147,488
  • Size: 42.01 MB
  • Passwords: MD5, SHA-512
  • 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.