Breach Intelligence

3,356

Total breached databases

In September 2022, Dr. L.K.V.D. College, an Indian degree college in Tajpur, Samastipur (Bihar) running an online admission-management system, allegedly suffered a data breach of its WordPress site. Reports suggest approximately 5,500 individuals were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, WordPress (phpass) password hashes, full names, phone numbers, and — for student applicants — dates of birth, genders, government IDs (Aadhaar numbers), castes, marital statuses, parents' names, and physical addresses.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Government IDs Family Members Marital Statuses Relationship Statuses Genders Websites Birthdates Ethnicities
  • Records: 13,059
  • Lines: 296,293
  • Size: 38.42 MB
  • Passwords: WordPress
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2023, the e-absensi (electronic attendance) system of the Wonosobo Regency government (Kabupaten Wonosobo) in Central Java, Indonesia, operating at e-absensi.wonosobokab.go.id, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed database contained attendance and account data for approximately 8,500 civil servants. The compromised information allegedly included names, usernames, government employee ID numbers, geographic check-in locations, IP addresses, and passwords stored as plaintext and MD5 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Government IDs IP Addresses
  • Records: 3,649,061
  • Lines: 3,735,978
  • Size: 1 GB
  • Passwords: Plaintext, MD5
In November 2022, the Thai online lottery and betting platform eazy550.com allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that a database of approximately 400 member and staff accounts was exposed. It has been reported that the compromised data included usernames, names, phone numbers, IP addresses, and passwords stored in both plaintext and MD5 hashed form.
  • Date: Nov 23, 2022
  • Domain: eazy550.com
  • Country: Thailand
  • Category: Betting
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Usernames IP Addresses
  • Records: 399
  • Lines: 613,235
  • Size: 107.28 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext, MD5
Sometime around 2020, edera.pt, a Portuguese online coffee store, allegedly suffered a data breach exposing a WordPress/WooCommerce site database. Reports suggest approximately 100 individuals were affected, with the exposed data including email addresses, names, usernames, IP addresses, and phpass password hashes.
  • Date: 2020
  • Domain: edera.pt
  • Country: Portugal
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Usernames IP Addresses Websites
  • Records: 120
  • Lines: 171,494
  • Size: 13.32 MB
  • Passwords: PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before September 2022, the climate-science news and commentary website Dr. Climate (drclimate.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed Joomla database contained the site's administrator account, including an email address, name, username, and a bcrypt-hashed password.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Usernames
  • Records: 1
  • Lines: 7,595
  • Size: 4.77 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2022, the cargo and courier services website DropIt Cargo Services (dropitcargoservices.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed data originated from a WordPress database export and included a small number of records, approximately 9, containing email addresses, usernames, names, and passwords stored as PHPass and MD5 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Usernames Site Activity Websites
  • Records: 9
  • Lines: 117,965
  • Size: 26.69 MB
  • Passwords: MD5, PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2023, Dkatia (dkatia.com), an India-based provider of ERP and school-management software, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed database belonged to Dkatia's hosted platform and contained records for the schools, businesses and other client organisations it served. It has been reported that approximately 97,000 records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, names, phone numbers, birthdates, genders, geographic locations, bios, company information and passwords stored as MD5, SHA-256 and bcrypt hashes.
  • Date: 2022
  • Domain: dkatia.com
  • Country: India
  • Category: Technology
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity Social Profiles Company Information Birthdates Bios
  • Records: 327,866
  • Lines: 7,689,818
  • Size: 2.02 GB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5, 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.