Breach Intelligence

2,855

Total breached databases

NoStrings.com.au 2022

NoStrings.com.au 2022

Sensitive
On January 21, 2022, Australian dating site NoStrings (nostrings.com.au) suffered a major data breach, exposing a wide range of sensitive user information. Beyond emails, the breach revealed intimate details such as users' physical characteristics, marital status, sexual preferences, and even specifics like male endowment and bra size.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Ethnicities Genders Geographic Locations Marital Statuses Names Physical Descriptions Religions Sexual Orientations
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 778,854
  • Number of lines: 820,557
  • Size: 104.23 MB
  • Passwords: No
Linux Forums 2018

Linux Forums 2018

In May 2018, Linux Forums, a website dedicated to Linux discussions, allegedly suffered a data breach that exposed 276,000 unique email addresses. The incident, which involved an outdated version of vBulletin, also reportedly disclosed usernames, IP addresses, and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses IP Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 275,723
  • Number of lines: 275,759
  • Size: 25.44 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted, vBulletin
  • Cracked: 0%

MechoDownload 2013

In October 2013, Mecho Download, a now-defunct downloads website, suffered a data breach that exposed approximately 438,000 user records. The compromised data, taken from the vBulletin-based platform, included email addresses, IP addresses, usernames, and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses IP Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 435,326
  • Number of lines: 435,356
  • Size: 40.37 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext, vBulletin
WildStar 2015

WildStar 2015

In July 2015, the IP.Board forum for the gaming website WildStar suffered a data breach that exposed over 738k forum members' accounts. The data was being actively traded on underground forums and included email addresses, birth dates and passwords.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses IP Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 742,386
  • Number of lines: 742,387
  • Size: 177.24 MB
  • Passwords: MyBB
  • Cracked: 1%
Adobe 2013

Adobe 2013

In October 2013, Adobe, a company known for its creative software products such as Photoshop and Acrobat, allegedly suffered a data breach that exposed 153 million accounts. Each record contained an internal ID, username, email address, an encrypted password, and a plain text password hint. Due to weak cryptographic protections, many of the passwords were quickly recovered in plain text.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Security Hints Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 152,983,768
  • Number of lines: 153,004,874
  • Size: 9.26 GB
  • Passwords: Encrypted
  • Cracked: 0%
Experian 2015

Experian 2015

In September 2015, the US based credit bureau and consumer data broker Experian suffered a data breach that impacted 15 million customers who had applied for financing from T-Mobile. An alleged data breach was subsequently circulated containing personal information including names, physical and email addresses, birth dates and various other personal attributes.
  • Data: Birthdates Credit Card Information Email Addresses Ethnicities Family Members Financial Information Genders IP Addresses Names Order Information Phone Numbers Physical Locations Real Estate Information
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 27,785,071
  • Number of lines: 27,835,340
  • Size: 5.25 GB
  • Passwords: No
Borealis 2018

Borealis 2018

Sometime in 2018, the Russian minecraft server Borealis suffered a data breach that impacted 351k members. The breach led to the exposure of data including Usernames, Email addresses and Passwords stored in Plaintext.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 351,222
  • Number of lines: 351,842
  • Size: 30.59 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext

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.