Breach Intelligence

2,843

Total breached databases

Bmobile 2023

Bmobile 2023

In October 2023, the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) fell victim to a cyberattack by the international hacker group, Ransomexx. Contrary to TSTT's initial claims, the hackers released over six gigabytes of sensitive data on the dark web, affecting approximately 801,000 customers. The leaked data included over 73,000 unique email addresses, government-issued IDs (CIS and IDS numbers), names, phone numbers, physical addresses, and other sensitive information. The leaked information also includes scanned documents such as letters of transfer of authority or ownership, and photos of identification cards.
  • Date: Oct 2023
  • Domain: bmobile.co.tt
  • Threat Actor: Ransomexx
  • Country: Trinidad And Tobago
  • Category: Telecommunications
  • Records Announced: 800,977
  • Data: Email Addresses Government IDs Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: No
ShadowEra 2017

ShadowEra 2017

In 2017, the ShadowEra database, associated with the digital collectible card game ShadowEra, reportedly experienced a data breach. The breach allegedly exposed a collection of 59,569 records. Among the compromised data were email addresses and hashed passwords.
  • Date: 2017
  • Domain: shadowera.com
  • Category: Gaming
  • Records Announced: 59,569
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: Unknown
Ster-Kinekor 2017

Ster-Kinekor 2017

In 2016, Ster-Kinekor, a South African cinema company, allegedly suffered a data breach caused by an enumeration vulnerability in the API of its old website. The flaw reportedly leaked more than 6 million accounts, including 1.6 million unique email addresses. Among the compromised data were names, physical addresses, dates of birth, genders, and passwords stored in plain text.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Genders Languages Names Passwords Phone Numbers Physical Locations
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: Plaintext
Vermont 2018 Voter 2018

Vermont 2018 Voter 2018

In October 2018 I decided I would require every database I could with Voter's informations this was in part achieved by gaining access to the state's official SSH / SFTP servers and downloading the data. Some data was crowdfunded by users and some was obtained by me with the aforementioned methods.
  • Date: Oct 2018
  • Domain: vermont.gov
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Government
  • Records Announced: 476,561
  • Data: Birthdates Genders Government IDs Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Political Affiliation
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: No

sqxy.edu.cn 2020

A data breach affecting 49k Teachers in Shangqiu University, founded in 2002, is a private higher education institution located in the Shangqiu metropolis.
  • Date: 2020
  • Domain: sqxy.edu.cn
  • Category: Education
  • Records Announced: 49,000
  • Data: At present, the information about what data was leaked in the sqxy.edu.cn 2020 breach remains unavailable. Further updates will follow.
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: ?

Double Inks 2016

In 2016, the URL shortening service Doubleinks.com suffered a data breach. The platform is primarily used for shortening URLs to facilitate easy sharing. Reports indicate that approximately 126,000 user records were exposed. Some of the leaked data includes email addresses and passwords. The passwords were protected using the Salted MD5 hashing method.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
Bombuj.eu 2018

Bombuj.eu 2018

In December 2018, Bombuj.eu, a Slovak website offering free online movie streaming, allegedly suffered a data breach that exposed more than 575,000 unique email addresses. The incident also reportedly included passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes.
  • Date: Dec 7, 2018
  • Domain: bombuj.eu
  • Country: Slovakia
  • Category: Streaming & Entertainment
  • Records Announced: 575,437
  • Source: haveibeenpwned.com
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords
  • Imported:
  • Passwords: MD5
  • 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.