Breach Intelligence

3,356

Total breached databases

Sometime before 2023, the teacher professional-development platform Playground Learning (playgroundlearning.org), operated by Project Recess, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed database was shared on a hacking forum in late 2022. It has been reported that approximately 680 individuals were affected, many of them educators using NYC Department of Education and other school email addresses. The exposed data reportedly included email addresses, usernames, full names, birthdates, geographic locations, site activity timestamps, and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 6,777
  • Lines: 223,075
  • Size: 20.57 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%
Anjay.id, an Indonesian FiveM (GTA V multiplayer) roleplay game server, allegedly had its backend database exposed. Reports suggest the phpMyAdmin export contained the server's ESX in-game state and moderation records for over 1,000 distinct player accounts. The exposed data reportedly included player usernames, Steam and Discord identifiers, IP addresses, and a small number of names, genders, and birthdates from the server's in-game criminal-record tables.
  • Data: Names Geographic Locations Usernames Government IDs Genders IP Addresses Social Profiles Birthdates
  • Records: 4,558
  • Lines: 10,738
  • Size: 587.7 KB
  • Passwords: No
In early 2023, a phpMyAdmin database export associated with the shared PHP host ct8.pl (attributed to filevids.cc) was allegedly leaked. Reports suggest the export bundled two unrelated application databases: a WordPress installation for filevids.cc and the user database of a DDoS booter/stresser service (HYPE-STRESS.COM / stresser.city). It has been reported that approximately 2,000 accounts were exposed, including usernames, a small number of email addresses and names, plaintext passwords, and SHA-1 and PHPass password hashes.
  • Date: Jan 5, 2023
  • Domain: filevids.cc
  • Country: Poland
  • Category: Hacking
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 2,203
  • Lines: 27,703
  • Size: 4.49 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext, SHA-1, PHPass
Sometime before late 2022, pkn2.go.th, the website of the Prachuap Khiri Khan Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 — a Thai government district office under the Office of the Basic Education Commission — allegedly suffered a data breach. It has been reported that the internal management system database was exposed, affecting over 3,000 individuals across approximately 88,700 records. The compromised data reportedly included Thai national ID numbers, full names, usernames, plaintext passwords and MD5 password hashes, phone numbers, birthdates, home and registration addresses, genders, IP addresses, and company/institution information.
  • Date: 2022
  • Domain: pkn2.go.th
  • Country: Thailand
  • Category: Government
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Government IDs Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Company Information Birthdates
  • Records: 88,697
  • Lines: 666,576
  • Size: 169.13 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext, MD5
Sometime before 2022, a test database from the server pluto.szikszi.hu, hosted under the Hungarian educational domain szikszi.hu, was allegedly exposed. Reports suggest the dump was a small demo MySQL database and that approximately 12 individual records were affected, including names, birthdates, genders and geographic locations. No passwords were included in the exposed data.
  • Data: Names Geographic Locations Genders Birthdates
  • Records: 12
  • Lines: 2,682
  • Size: 142.69 KB
  • Passwords: No
In July 2022, the French online body-piercing jewelry store Piercing Alice (piercing-alice.fr) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that a backup of its customer database was exposed, affecting approximately 38,000 individuals. The compromised data reportedly included email addresses, names, phone numbers, postal addresses, genders, birthdates, IP addresses, and passwords stored as MD5 and bcrypt hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 54,619
  • Lines: 2,075,418
  • Size: 193.66 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In February 2022, the Italian online fashion retailer PInokkio (pinokkioshop.it) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed PrestaShop database contained data on approximately 19,000 individuals, including email addresses, names, phone numbers, geographic locations (postal addresses, cities and postcodes), genders, birthdates, IP addresses, company/VAT information, and passwords stored as MD5 and bcrypt hashes.
  • Date: Feb 2022
  • Domain: pinokkioshop.it
  • Country: Italy
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Company Information Birthdates
  • Records: 40,294
  • Lines: 253,422
  • Size: 30.21 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, 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.