Breach Intelligence

2,967

Total breached databases

START 2021

START 2021

In August 2022, news broke of an attack against the Russian streaming service "START". The incident led to the exposure of 44M records containing 7.4M unique email addresses. The impacted data also included the subscriber's country and password hash. START subsequently acknowledged the incident in a Telegram post and stated that the data dated back to 2021.
  • Data: Email Addresses Geographic Locations Names Passwords
  • Records: 43,937,127
  • Lines: 3,528,619,396
  • Size: 71.97 GB
  • Passwords: MD5Crypt
  • Cracked: 0%
Linux Mint 2016

Linux Mint 2016

In February 2016, the website for the Linux distro known as Linux Mint was hacked and the ISO infected with a backdoor. The site also ran a phpBB forum which was subsequently put up for sale complete with almost 145k email addresses, passwords and other personal subscriber information.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Geographic Locations IP Addresses Passwords Profile Photos Site Activity Time Zones
  • Records: 144,716
  • Lines: 144,717
  • Size: 11.13 MB
  • Passwords: PHPass
  • Cracked: 67%
Lord of the Rings Online 2013

Lord of the Rings Online 2013

In August 2013, Lord of the Rings Online, an interactive video game, allegedly suffered a data breach that exposed more than 1.1 million player accounts. The compromised data, which was reportedly traded on underground forums, included email addresses, dates of birth, and password hashes.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses IP Addresses Passwords Site Activity Usernames
  • Records: 1,256,180
  • Lines: 1,358,363
  • Size: 99.62 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 85%

OGUsers 2021

In April 2021, the account hijacking and SIM swapping forum OGusers suffered a data breach, the fourth since December 2018. The breach was subsequently sold on a rival hacking forum and contained usernames, email and IP addresses and passwords stored as either salted MD5 or argon2 hashes. A total of 348k unique email addresses appeared in the breach.
  • Data: Email Addresses IP Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Records: 348,898
  • Lines: 348,899
  • Size: 198.55 MB
  • Passwords: MyBB
  • Cracked: 39%
IndiHome 2022

IndiHome 2022

In mid-2021, reports emerged of a data breach of Indonesia's telecommunications company, IndiHome. Over 26M rows of data alleged to have been sourced from the company was posted to a popular hacking forum and contained 12.6M unique email addresses alongside names, IP addresses, genders and geographic locations. The most recent data was stamped as being recorded in November 2019.
  • Data: Device Information Email Addresses Genders Geographic Locations IP Addresses Names
  • Records: 26,730,797
  • Lines: 26,730,798
  • Size: 15.63 GB
  • Passwords: No

Twitter (Partial) 2022

In January 2022, a vulnerability in Twitter's platform allowed an attacker to build a database of the email addresses and phone numbers of millions of users of the social platform. In a disclosure notice later shared in August 2022, Twitter advised that the vulnerability was related to a bug introduced in June 2021 and that they are directly notifying impacted customers. The impacted data included either email address or phone number alongside other public information including the username, display name, bio, location and profile photo. The data included 6.7M unique email addresses across both active and suspended accounts, the latter appearing in a separate list of 1.4M addresses.
  • Data: Bios Email Addresses Geographic Locations Names Phone Numbers Profile Photos Usernames
  • Records: 5,485,635
  • Lines: 5,485,635
  • Size: 3.07 GB
  • Passwords: No
Ge.tt 2017

Ge.tt 2017

In May 2017, the file sharing platform Ge.tt suffered a data breach. The data was subsequently put up for sale on a dark web marketplace in February 2019 alongside a raft of other breaches. The Ge.tt breach included names, social media profile identifiers, SHA256 password hashes and almost 2.5M unique email addresses.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Site Activity Social Profiles
  • Records: 4,809,731
  • Lines: 5,022,721
  • Size: 1.56 GB
  • Passwords: SHA-256
  • 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.