Breach Intelligence

6,669

Total breached databases

In November 2019, the Vietnamese film and entertainment community forum filmhot.us allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the vBulletin-powered site was compromised, exposing approximately 36 thousand user records. The exposed data allegedly included email addresses, usernames, IP addresses and salted vBulletin password hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses
  • Records: 36,522
  • Lines: 73,055
  • Size: 7.84 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2019, the Ford Ranger pickup enthusiast community forum Ford Ranger Forum (fordrangerforum.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the forum was running vBulletin and that approximately 1,500 user accounts were exposed. The compromised data allegedly included email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, and salted vBulletin password hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses
  • Records: 1,539
  • Lines: 1,541
  • Size: 163.95 KB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 0%
In November 2019, GrailsForum (grailsforum.co.uk), a community forum for developers using the Grails web framework, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the vBulletin-powered forum was compromised, exposing approximately 89,000 records. The leaked data allegedly included email addresses, usernames, IP addresses and salted vBulletin password hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses
  • Records: 88,149
  • Lines: 88,834
  • Size: 9.86 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2019, f150nation.com, an online community forum for Ford F-150 truck owners and enthusiasts running vBulletin, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 200 user records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, IP addresses and vBulletin salted password hashes.
  • Date: 2019
  • Domain: f150nation.com
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Forums & Communities
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses
  • Records: 407
  • Lines: 407
  • Size: 56.85 KB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 0%
In November 2019, the Tunisian internet café and education community forum EduNetCafe (edunetcafe.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that the vBulletin-powered forum was compromised, exposing approximately 85,000 member records. The exposed data allegedly included email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, MD5-hashed passwords, and plaintext passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses
  • Records: 85,259
  • Lines: 85,269
  • Size: 6.98 MB
  • Passwords: MD5, Plaintext
In November 2019, the financial markets and trading community website CleverMarkets (clevermarkets.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Running on vBulletin forum software, the site reportedly exposed the details of approximately 20,000 members. It has been reported that the compromised data included email addresses, usernames, MD5 password hashes, cracked plaintext passwords, and IP addresses.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses
  • Records: 20,699
  • Lines: 20,704
  • Size: 2.26 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 100%
In November 2019, rockkrawler.org, an American rock-crawling and off-road 4x4 enthusiast forum, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the vBulletin-based forum was compromised, exposing approximately 220 member records. The exposed data reportedly included email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, and salted vBulletin password hashes.
  • Date: Nov 2019
  • Domain: rockkrawler.org
  • Threat Actor: Don Juji
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Automotive
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses
  • Records: 220
  • Lines: 443
  • Size: 47.5 KB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • 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.