Breach Intelligence

6,142

Total breached databases

In June 2026, a customer database belonging to Ronis (ronis.com.au), an Australian retailer of homewares, kitchenware and gifts, was allegedly published on a hacking forum. Reports suggest approximately 34,000 customer records were exposed, including email addresses, full names, phone numbers, postal addresses (suburb, state and postcode), company names, websites and account activity dates. Passwords were not included.
  • Date: Jun 2026
  • Domain: ronis.com.au
  • Country: Australia
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Site Activity Websites Company Information
  • Records: 34,538
  • Lines: 34,538
  • Size: 11.53 MB
  • Passwords: No
Sometime before 2025, the Académie de Lille (ac-lille.fr), a regional education authority of the French Ministry of Education, allegedly suffered a data breach. The threat actor group known as AplaGroup claimed responsibility, stating the data was obtained by exploiting an insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability. It has been reported that an address book of approximately 1,000 staff agents was exposed. The compromised data allegedly included full names, professional email addresses, and phone numbers. No passwords were included in the exposed data.
  • Date: 2025
  • Domain: ac-lille.fr
  • Threat Actor: AplaGroup
  • Country: France
  • Category: Education
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations
  • Records: 1,021
  • Lines: 1,021
  • Size: 523.79 KB
  • Passwords: No
Sometime before mid-2026, the Mexican online store Acomee (acomee.com.mx) allegedly suffered a data breach attributed to a threat actor known as "Blackout" (Exiliados). Acomee is a Mexican e-commerce retailer. Reports suggest the breach exposed approximately 16,000 customer records, including full names, email addresses, usernames, plaintext passwords, phone numbers, RFC tax identifiers, and physical shipping and billing addresses across Mexico.
  • Date: 2025
  • Domain: acomee.com.mx
  • Threat Actor: Blackout
  • Country: Mexico
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Government IDs Site Activity Tax IDs
  • Records: 16,472
  • Lines: 16,748
  • Size: 7.7 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
In November 2024, Cureus (cureus.com), an open-access multi-specialty medical journal, allegedly suffered a data breach. It has been reported that a list of user email addresses was subsequently published on a hacking forum. The incident allegedly affected approximately 36,000 individuals, with the compromised data limited to email addresses. No passwords were included in the exposed data.
  • Date: Nov 2024
  • Domain: cureus.com
  • Threat Actor: 888
  • Category: Healthcare
  • Data: Email Addresses
  • Records: 35,933
  • Lines: 35,933
  • Size: 1.05 MB
  • Passwords: No
Sometime before February 2026, EduSphere (edusphere.in), an Indian education ERP platform, allegedly suffered a data breach exposing student records belonging to Andhra University. Reports suggest the exposed data covered approximately 46,000 students and included email addresses, full names, phone numbers, dates of birth, and physical addresses. No passwords were reported to have been exposed.
  • Date: Feb 2026
  • Domain: edusphere.in
  • Threat Actor: CrowStealer
  • Country: India
  • Category: Education
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Birthdates
  • Records: 46,152
  • Lines: 46,160
  • Size: 12.97 MB
  • Passwords: No
In May 2026, subscription data belonging to Vistazo (vistazo.com.ec), an Ecuadorian news magazine, was allegedly leaked and published on a hacking forum. Reports suggest the exposed subscriber database covered roughly 18,000 Ecuadorians and included full names, email addresses, national identification numbers (cédulas), phone numbers, birthdates, postal addresses, and partial payment card details (masked card numbers, card brand, expiry, and cardholder names). No passwords were included.
  • Date: May 2026
  • Domain: vistazo.com.ec
  • Threat Actor: GondorPe
  • Country: Ecuador
  • Category: News & Media
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Credit Card Information Government IDs Birthdates
  • Records: 18,436
  • Lines: 11,478
  • Size: 188 MB
  • Passwords: No
In May 2025, the Everest ransomware group allegedly leaked an employee database belonging to Khidmah (khidmah.com). Khidmah LLC is an Abu Dhabi-based real estate and facilities management services company. Reports suggest the SuccessFactors HR export contained approximately 3,000 employee records, including full names, corporate email addresses, genders, job titles, departments, hire dates and work contact details. No passwords were included in the exposed data.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Genders Job Information Company Information
  • Records: 3,290
  • Lines: 3,292
  • Size: 1.55 MB
  • 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.