Breach Intelligence

2,849

Total breached databases

In September 2016, NemoWeb, a French website described as a "standardised and decentralized means of exchange for publishing newsgroup articles," allegedly suffered a data leak from what appeared to be an unprotected MongoDB. The incident reportedly exposed nearly 21GB of data consisting largely of emails sent to the service. Among the compromised data were almost 3.5 million unique email addresses, though many were auto-generated.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: No
In 2024, Qatar Living, a popular online platform in Qatar that serves as a community hub for residents and expats, experienced a data breach. The incident reportedly exposed 115,699 records. Among the compromised data were names, email addresses, phone numbers, images, user roles, and account statuses.
  • Date: 2024
  • Domain: qatarliving.com
  • Country: Qatar
  • Category: Forums & Communities
  • Records Announced: 115,699
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Usernames Profile Photos
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: No
In approximately April 2021, the Food delivery service HopponWorks (Aka Hopponapp) suffered a data breach that impacted 49.0k members. The breach led to the exposure of data including Full names, Email addresses, Dates of birth, Phone numbers, Locations and Passwords.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Geographic Locations Names Passwords Phone Numbers
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: Unknown
In July 2024, the events management platform FNTECH suffered a data breach that exposed 10k unique email addresses. The data contained registrants from various events, including participants of the Roblox Developer Conference registration list. The data also included names and IP addresses.
  • Data: Email Addresses IP Addresses Names
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: No
In October 2020, the website Displaygifts, known for facilitating the shipping of gifts, suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that approximately 115,000 users were affected. Some of the leaked data includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical locations, and tokens.
  • Date: Oct 2020
  • Domain: displaygifts.com
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Records Announced: 115,023
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: No
In July 2024, the Husky Owners forum website was defaced and linked to a breach of user data containing 16k records. The exposed data included usernames, email addresses, dates of birth and time zones.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Time Zones Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: No
In 2021, Bloomsbury Publishing plc, a prominent British publishing house, experienced a data breach affecting users of Writers & Artists (writersandartists.co.uk). The incident reportedly exposed 159,910 records. Among the compromised data were full names, email addresses, and additional user details.
  • Date: 2021
  • Domain: writersandartists.co.uk
  • Threat Actor: Unknown
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Category: Literature
  • Records Announced: 114,139
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Government IDs Site Activity
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: Unknown

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.