Breach Intelligence

2,843

Total breached databases

Sometime before 2019, Iklad.biz allegedly suffered a data breach. Iklad.biz operated a Russian-language network of darknet marketplace storefronts and the operator support-chat platform behind them. It has been reported that the leak comprised roughly 445,000 records, the bulk being customer support-chat session logs, alongside approximately 1,900 marketplace operator accounts. The exposed data allegedly included email and messaging (JID) addresses, usernames, plaintext passwords, IP addresses, site activity and associated company information.
  • Date: 2019
  • Domain: iklad.biz
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Illicit Products
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Company Information
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 444,689
  • Number of lines: 444,691
  • Size: 336.52 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
In June 2024, Zacks, an investment research company, was allegedly breached, with the data later published on a popular hacking forum. The incident reportedly exposed 12 million unique email addresses. Among the compromised data were names, usernames, phone numbers, IP addresses, physical addresses, and unsalted SHA-256 password hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses IP Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 34,155,819
  • Number of lines: 34,155,859
  • Size: 5.27 GB
  • Passwords: MD5, SHA-256
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime in 2022, Difinition (difinition.co.kr), a South Korean digital education platform providing learning management services for students and teachers, allegedly suffered a data breach exposing its Elasticsearch infrastructure. Reports suggest approximately 25 user records were affected, with the data including email addresses, usernames, phone numbers, birth dates, genders, geographic locations, and site activity logs.
  • Data: Email Addresses Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity Birthdates
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 17
  • Number of lines: 94,571
  • Size: 3.29 MB
  • Passwords: No
In May 2021, the Grand Theft Auto Online cheats website Paragon Cheats allegedly suffered a data breach that led to the shutdown of the service. Reports suggest approximately 188,000 customer records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, and site activity logs.
  • Data: Email Addresses Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 188,328
  • Number of lines: 32
  • Size: 218.48 MB
  • Passwords: No
In approximately January 2016, the US hotel booking website Stayful allegedly suffered a data breach impacting approximately 184,000 users. Reports suggest the exposed data included email addresses, full names, usernames, phone numbers, geographic locations, genders, Facebook IDs, and passwords stored as salted SHA-256 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Government IDs Genders Site Activity Social Profiles
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 180,595
  • Number of lines: 18,318,629
  • Size: 452.8 MB
  • Passwords: SHA-256 Salted
  • Cracked: 20%
Sometime before 2022, an Indonesian COVID-19 vaccination database was allegedly exposed. Reports suggest the records originate from a government vaccination administration system. It has been reported that approximately 690,000 individuals were affected. The exposed data allegedly includes full names, national ID numbers, phone numbers, genders, birthdates, and geographic location details. No passwords were included.
  • Date: 2022
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Category: Government
  • Data: Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Government IDs Genders Birthdates
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 690,000
  • Number of lines: 16,560,279
  • Size: 1.21 GB
  • Passwords: No
In 2022, Bit Hotel (bithotel.io), a social pixel-art gaming metaverse built on the BNB Chain where users can hang out and compete for rewards, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the incident exposed approximately 15,000 user records, including email addresses, usernames, bcrypt password hashes, and account creation timestamps.
  • Date: 2022
  • Domain: bithotel.io
  • Threat Actor: FTW
  • Category: Gaming
  • Records Announced: 16,000
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames Site Activity
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 14,500
  • Number of lines: 109,513
  • Size: 3.77 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.