Breach Intelligence

2,843

Total breached databases

In 2024, data relating to an unknown service referred to as "Hopamedia" and dating back to 2020 appeared in a publicly exposed database. The data included almost 24M records of email address, name, phone number, the country of the individual and their telecommunications carrier.
  • Date: Aug 30, 2020
  • Category: Data Brokers
  • Records Announced: 23,835,870
  • Source: haveibeenpwned.com
  • Data: Email Addresses Geographic Locations Names Phone Numbers Telecom Providers
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: No
In September 2024, data from the online German gift store schenkYOU was put up for sale on a popular hacking forum. Obtained the month before, the data included 237k unique email addresses alongside names, dates of birth and salted SHA-256 password hashes. The standalone store was subsequently shut down with all traffic redirected to their Amazon store.
  • Data: Dates of birth Email addresses Names Passwords
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: SHA-256 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2024, Ladies.com, a lesbian dating website, allegedly suffered a data breach attributed to an exposed Firebase database. The incident reportedly exposed extensive personal information on 119,000 users. Among the compromised data were email addresses, photos, sexual orientations, genders, dates of birth, and precise geographic coordinates, along with other personal attributes.
  • Data: Bios Birthdates Consumption Habits Education Email Addresses Family Members Genders Geographic Locations Physical Descriptions Profile Photos Relationship Statuses Sexual Orientations Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: No
In December 2024, data claimed to be breached from the multi-level marketing company Young Living Essential Oils was posted to a popular hacking forum. The data contained 1.1M unique email addresses alongside names, the country of the account and in many cases, their date of birth
  • Data: Dates of birth Email addresses Geographic locations Names
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: No
In July 2015, the torrent site Seedpeer was hacked, leading to the exposure of approximately 282,000 member records. Among the compromised data were usernames, email addresses, and passwords stored using weak MD5 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
This database has 8 thousand records from 2014, from the website foreverpp.ru a carding/hacking website.
  • Date: 2014
  • Domain: foreverpp.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Hacking
  • Records Announced: 8,046
  • Data: Email Addresses IP Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: Unknown
In August 2024, data aggregator MC2 Data left a database publicly accessible without a password which was subsequently discovered by a security researcher. The breach exposed the personal information of 2.1M subscribers to the service which was marketed under a series of different brand names. The data included email addresses, names and salted SHA-256 password hashes.
  • Date: Aug 18, 2024
  • Category: Data Brokers
  • Records Announced: 2,122,280
  • Source: haveibeenpwned.com
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Passwords
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: SHA-256 Salted
  • 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.