Breach Intelligence

2,843

Total breached databases

Playbook 2020

Playbook 2020

In September 2021, Playbook, a service operated by VC firm Plug and Play Ventures, was found to have a publicly accessible PostgreSQL database that had been exposed since October 2020. The incident reportedly affected more than 50,000 unique email addresses. Among the compromised data were names, phone numbers, job titles, and passwords stored as PBKDF2 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Job Information Names Passwords Phone Numbers Social Profiles
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: Django
  • Cracked: 0%

BudTrader 2024

Sensitive
In July 2024, a data breach of the now defunct cannabis social platform BudTrader was posted for sale on a hacking forum. Dating back to the previous month, the breach of the website exposed 2.7M email addresses, usernames and WordPress password hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: WordPress
  • Cracked: 0%
Central Tickets 2024

Central Tickets 2024

In September 2024, data from the ticketing service Central Tickets was publicly posted to a hacking forum. The data suggests the breach occurred several months earlier and exposed 723k unique email addresses alongside names, phone numbers, IP addresses, purchases and passwords stored as unsalted SHA-1 hashes.
  • Data: Device Information Email Addresses IP Addresses Names Order Information Passwords Phone Numbers
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: SHA-1
  • Cracked: 0%
digiDirect 2024

digiDirect 2024

In September 2024, a data breach sourced from the Australian retailer digiDirect was published to a popular hacking forum. The breach exposed over 300k rows of data including email and physical address, name, phone number and date of birth. Approximately half the email addresses were on domains from external marketplaces including Amazon, eBay and Westfield.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: No
SofaScore 2021

SofaScore 2021

In approximately July 2021, the Football website SofaScore suffered a data breach that impacted 262k users. The leak led to the exposure of data including Email addresses, Full names and Passwords stored in an Unknown format.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Passwords
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: Unknown
Fair Vote Canada 2024

Fair Vote Canada 2024

In March 2024, the Canadian national citizens' campaign for proportional representation Fair Vote Canada suffered a data breach. The incident was attributed to "a well-meaning volunteer" who inadvertently exposed data from 2020 which included 134k unique email addresses, names, physical addresses, phone numbers and, for some individuals, date and amount of a donation.
  • Data: Email Addresses Financial Information Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: No

Pron 2011

Sensitive
In approximately June 2011, the pornography website (Now defunct) Pron suffered a data breach by the hacker collective "LulzSec" as a part of the "50 Days of Lulz." The breach included Email addresses and Passwords stored in Plaintext. In total, there are 25.9k entries.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords
  • Imported:
  • 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.