Breach Intelligence

2,852

Total breached databases

In October 2016, the webmaster and marketplace forum Alphas.sx allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the dump was captured around 22 October 2016 and exposed approximately 4,400 members. The leaked data reportedly included email addresses, usernames, birthdates, site activity timestamps, social profiles, websites, and passwords stored as bcrypt and MyBB hashes.
  • Date: Oct 22, 2016
  • Domain: alphas.sx
  • Category: Forums & Communities
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames Site Activity Social Profiles Websites Birthdates
  • Records: 4,365
  • Lines: 4,509
  • Size: 4.34 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MyBB
  • Cracked: 20%
Sometime around 2014, NUTE — the distance-education technology unit of the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (nute.ufsc.br) — allegedly suffered a data breach of its Moodle-based e-learning platforms. Reports suggest the exposed database contained approximately 47,000 records belonging to students and staff, including email addresses, usernames, and passwords stored as MD5, bcrypt, and MySQL hashes, with a portion already cracked to plaintext.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames
  • Records: 46,702
  • Lines: 46,804
  • Size: 3.67 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5, MySQL
  • Cracked: 66%
Sometime in or before 2020, the Russian people-search website Janaidu.ru (janaidu.ru) allegedly had its database of public missing-person search listings exposed. Janaidu.ru is a service where users post requests to locate missing relatives and acquaintances. Reports suggest approximately 44,000 records were exposed, including full names, geographic locations (place of birth and residence), and free-text search request details. No passwords were involved.
  • Date: 2020
  • Domain: janaidu.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Data Brokers
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Geographic Locations Site Activity
  • Records: 43,962
  • Lines: 43,962
  • Size: 11.44 MB
  • Passwords: No
In approximately 2020, the Czech satellite-television discussion forum Satforum (satforum.cz) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that around 18,800 users were affected, with the exposed data including email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes.
  • Date: 2020
  • Domain: satforum.cz
  • Country: Czech Republic
  • Category: Forums & Communities
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses
  • Records: 18,812
  • Lines: 18,852
  • Size: 3.58 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
In April 2016, a credential dump compiled under the alias "skillzy" was allegedly published as a paste linked to the Dream Market darknet marketplace. Reports suggest the data originated from a Lithuanian game-server user control panel (a `ucp_users` table) and combined plaintext credentials with an additional list of username/password pairs. It has been reported that approximately 2,200 records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, plaintext passwords, IP addresses, and account activity dates.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity
  • Records: 2,254
  • Lines: 4,033
  • Size: 571.5 KB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
In late August 2023, the Saudi Arabian online store ClaraHair (clarahair.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. ClaraHair is an e-commerce site specializing in hair care products. It has been reported that the breach exposed approximately 316,000 order records. The compromised data reportedly included names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, geographic locations, personal descriptions, order and payment information, and site activity.
  • Date: Aug 2023
  • Domain: clarahair.com
  • Threat Actor: Ddarknotevil
  • Country: Saudi Arabia
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Payment Information Order Information Site Activity Physical Descriptions
  • Records: 411,675
  • Lines: 337,470
  • Size: 71.85 MB
  • Passwords: No
In February 2026, data obtained from the fintech lending platform Figure was publicly posted online. The exposed data, dating back to January 2026, contained over 900k unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers, physical addresses and dates of birth. Figure confirmed the incident and attributed it to a social engineering attack in which an employee was tricked into providing access.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Geographic Locations Government IDs Names Phone Numbers Site Activity Social Security Numbers
  • Records: 1,410,809
  • Lines: 1,410,809
  • Size: 5.38 GB
  • Passwords: No

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.