Breach Intelligence

2,841

Total breached databases

Sometime in mid-2018, the website of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (icai.org), India’s largest professional accounting body operating under the administrative control of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, suffered a data breach. Reports indicate that an 8.3GB .SQL file containing details of approximately 300,000 unique members, along with additional records, was exposed. Among the compromised data were membership numbers, names, dates of birth, addresses, geographic locations, phone and mobile numbers, email addresses, registration dates, and payment-related information such as order numbers, transaction IDs, GSTIN details, and cheque numbers. The breach also included records related to professional memberships, course details, and invoices.
  • Data: No confirmed list of leaked data fields exists for the Icai.org 2018 incident. As new details emerge, we will add them here.
  • Imported:
  • Number of lines: 17,332,815
  • Size: 7.7 GB
  • Passwords: ?
Sometime before August 2023, Afripay (afripay.co.uk) allegedly suffered a data breach. Afripay is a UK-based money transfer and payment service focused on remittances to African countries. Reports suggest the stolen database was offered for sale on the Nulled.to forum by a user known as "zxcv16". Approximately 3,500 distinct individuals were exposed, including email addresses, plaintext passwords, MD5 password hashes, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, usernames, genders, IP addresses, site activity, job information, company information, and birthdates.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Job Information Company Information Birthdates
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 104,845
  • Number of lines: 15,329,450
  • Size: 6.32 GB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 296%
Sometime before May 2023, Zeosis (zeosis.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Zeosis is a South Korean technology company providing custom CMS (FSCX framework) hosting for businesses, universities, and government-affiliated organizations. Reports suggest the leaked dataset was published on the Nulled hacking forum by a user known as "zxcv16" and contained data from approximately 25,000 individuals across more than 100 customer databases. The compromised information includes email addresses, BCrypt and MD5 passwords, names, usernames, phone numbers, geographic locations, IP addresses, birthdates, employment and education details, websites, and site activity metadata.
  • Date: 2023
  • Domain: zeosis.com
  • Threat Actor: zxcv16
  • Country: South Korea
  • Category: Technology
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Websites Job Information Company Information Birthdates Education
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 303,033
  • Number of lines: 13,070,425
  • Size: 3.05 GB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In October 2020, the 3D model sharing website Thingiverse allegedly suffered a data breach which began circulating publicly in October 2021. Thingiverse is a platform operated by MakerBot for uploading, downloading, and remixing 3D-printable designs. Reports suggest approximately 3.7 million records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, names, IP addresses, physical addresses, dates of birth, and passwords stored as either unsalted SHA-1 or bcrypt hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Websites Job Information Birthdates
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 3,725,277
  • Number of lines: 255,555,952
  • Size: 36.14 GB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, SHA-1
  • Cracked: 0%
In July 2022, Italiamilitare.it allegedly suffered a data breach. The site is an Italian online retailer specializing in military clothing and outdoor gear. Reports suggest the breach exposed data belonging to approximately 85,000 individuals, including email addresses, usernames, names, and account passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Languages
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 389,673
  • Number of lines: 883,204
  • Size: 656.67 MB
  • Passwords: Unknown
In 2023, Quickpay1688.com allegedly suffered a data breach. The platform is a Vietnamese payment processing service integrating with Chinese Alibaba 1688 marketplace. Reports suggest approximately 60,000 API activity records were exposed, including IP addresses, geographic locations, and site activity data.
  • Data: Geographic Locations IP Addresses Site Activity
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 61,483
  • Number of lines: 90,002
  • Size: 1 GB
  • Passwords: No
Sometime before 2022, Lalo Electronica (laloelectronica.com), a Spanish consumer electronics online retailer based in the Canary Islands, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that approximately 13,000 customer records were exposed, including email addresses, BCrypt-hashed passwords, full names, phone numbers, geographic locations, government IDs, genders, IP addresses, site activity, company information, and birthdates.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Government IDs Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Company Information Birthdates
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 15,565
  • Number of lines: 1,965,164
  • Size: 122.63 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.