Breach Intelligence

2,855

Total breached databases

In May 2022, CTARS, an Australian cloud-based client management platform used by NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) disability care providers, allegedly suffered a data breach that was subsequently posted to an online hacking forum. Reports suggest the incident exposed approximately 55,000 individuals, including over 12,000 unique email addresses alongside names, physical addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, genders, salutations, usernames, passwords, and sensitive personal health data related to patient conditions and treatments.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Health Information Genders Salutations Site Activity Company Information Birthdates
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 103,500
  • Number of lines: 106,114
  • Size: 39.34 MB
  • Passwords: SHA-256 Salted, Unknown
In January 2014, the WPT Amateur Poker League website (wptapl.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. The platform is an online poker league associated with the World Poker Tour brand. Reports suggest a Twitter user known as @smitt3nz was responsible, resulting in the public disclosure of approximately 148,000 accounts. The exposed data reportedly included email addresses and plaintext passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 173,000
  • Number of lines: 175,334
  • Size: 5.7 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
In October 2015, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) allegedly suffered a data breach exposing employee contact directories. Reports suggest the data was later redistributed on hacking forums. It has been reported that approximately 31,000 records were exposed, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, job titles, and geographic locations.
  • Date: Oct 2015
  • Domain: fbi.gov
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Government
  • Records Announced: 31,547
  • Source: breached.hn
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Job Information Fax Numbers
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 31,000
  • Number of lines: 31,564
  • Size: 2.63 MB
  • Passwords: No
In approximately March 2022, Public Citizen (citizen.org), a US-based nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, allegedly suffered a data breach after an SQL injection vulnerability was exploited. Reports suggest that approximately 53,000 individuals were affected, with exposed data including email addresses, full names, physical addresses, geographic locations, IP addresses, and site activity.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Physical Locations Geographic Locations IP Addresses Site Activity
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 115,500
  • Number of lines: 120,428
  • Size: 10.59 MB
  • Passwords: No
In June 2011, sonypictures.com allegedly suffered a data breach as a result of a SQL injection vulnerability. Sony Pictures International operates the international theatrical distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Reports suggest the breach exposed approximately 37,000 accounts across multiple sweepstakes databases, with compromised data including email addresses, plaintext passwords, usernames, names, genders, dates of birth, phone numbers, and physical addresses.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Birthdates
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 48,525
  • Number of lines: 51,207
  • Size: 2.82 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
In July 2022, the paid online courses marketplace CourseToBuy (coursetobuy.net) allegedly suffered a data breach following a defacement attack attributed to threat actor @mud. Reports suggest approximately 6,900 user accounts were exposed, compromising email addresses, usernames, full names, IP addresses, billing addresses, phone numbers, payment methods, and passwords stored as WordPress (phpass) hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Payment Information IP Addresses Site Activity Company Information
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 11,500
  • Number of lines: 12,388
  • Size: 8.03 MB
  • Passwords: MD5, PHPass
  • Cracked: 6238%
In 2020, Weddbook (weddbook.com), a global wedding-focused social network and photo-sharing platform, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the incident exposed data belonging to approximately 82,000 users, including email addresses, passwords (MD5 hashes), usernames, names, genders, languages, Facebook profile IDs, account creation dates, and user activity data.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Usernames Government IDs Genders Site Activity Social Profiles Languages
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 92,500
  • Number of lines: 107,174
  • Size: 53.93 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 93%

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.