MobiFriends
January 6, 2020
•[ leak, technology ]
In January 2020, the Barcelona-based dating app MobiFriends suffered a data breach that exposed 3.5 million unique email addresses. The data also included usernames, genders, dates of birth and MD5 password hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by a source who requested it be attributed to "white_peacock@riseup.net".
KiwiFarms
September 10, 2019
•[ leak, technology ]
In September 2019, the forum for discussing "lolcows" (people who can be milked for laughs) Kiwi Farms suffered a data breach. The disclosure notice advised that email and IP addresses, dates of birth and content created by members were all exposed in the incident.
iD Tech
January 3, 2023
•[ hack, leak, technology ]
In February 2023, the tech camps for kids service iD Tech had almost 1M records posted to a popular hacking forum. The data included 415k unique email addresses, names, dates of birth and plain text passwords which appear to have been breached in the previous month. iD Tech did not respond to multiple attempts to report the incident.
CTARS
May 21, 2021
•[ leak, hack, misconfiguration ]
In May 2022, the client management system for the Australian government's NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) suffered a data breach which was subsequently posted to an online hacking forum. The CTARS cloud platform is used by care providers to record information about NDIS participants and often contains sensitive medical information. Impacted data includes over 12k unique email addresses, physical addresses, names, dates of birth, phone numbers and data related to patient conditions and treatments.
Shotbow
May 9, 2016
•[ leak, technology ]
In May 2016, the multiplayer server for Minecraft service Shotbow announced they'd suffered a data breach. The incident resulted in the exposure of over 1 million unique email addresses, usernames and salted SHA-256 password hashes.
Quantum Booter
March 18, 2014
•[ leak, ddos, technology ]
In March 2014, the booter service Quantum Booter (also referred to as Quantum Stresser) suffered a breach which lead to the disclosure of their internal database. The leaked data included private discussions relating to malicious activity Quantum Booter users were performing against online adversaries, including the IP addresses of those using the service to mount DDoS attacks.
Little Monsters
January 1, 2017
•[ leak ]
In approximately January 2017, the Lady Gaga fan site known as "Little Monsters" suffered a data breach that impacted 1 million accounts. The data contained usernames, email addresses, dates of birth and bcrypt hashes of passwords.
LinkedIn Scraped and Faked Data (2023)
November 4, 2023
•[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
In November 2023, a post to a popular hacking forum alleged that millions of LinkedIn records had been scraped and leaked. On investigation, the data turned out to be a combination of legitimate data scraped from LinkedIn and email addresses constructed from impacted individuals' names.
ILikeCheats
October 18, 2014
•[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
In October 2014, the game cheats website known as ILikeCheats suffered a data breach that exposed 189k accounts. The vBulletin based forum leaked usernames, IP and email addresses and weak MD5 hashes of passwords. The data was provided with support from dehashed.com.
8fit
July 1, 2018
•[ leak, healthcare ]
In July 2018, the health and fitness service 8fit suffered a data breach. The data subsequently appeared for sale on a dark web marketplace in February 2019 and included over 15M unique email addresses alongside names, genders, IP addresses and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com.
Traderie
September 24, 2022
•[ leak, technology ]
In September 2022, the in-game trading marketplace Traderie suffered a data breach that exposed almost 400k records (this preceded a subsequent breach the following year). The incident exposed email and IP addresses, usernames and links to social media profiles. The data was provided to HIBP by a source who requested it be attributed to "oathnet.ru".
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
April 27, 2015
•[ leak, misconfiguration, government ]
In April 2015, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) published tens of thousand of emails sent by Indian citizens supporting net neutrality as part of the SaveTheInternet campaign. The published data included lists of emails including the sender's name and email address as well as the contents of the email as well, often with signatures including other personal data.
Gaadi
May 14, 2015
•[ leak, misconfiguration, automotive ]
In May 2015, the Indian motoring website known as Gaadi had 4.3 million records exposed in a data breach. The data contained usernames, email and IP addresses, genders, the city of users as well as passwords stored in both plain text and as MD5 hashes. The site was previously reported as compromised on the Vigilante.pw breached database directory.
Funimation
July 1, 2016
•[ leak, technology ]
In July 2016, the anime site Funimation suffered a data breach that impacted 2.5 million accounts. The data contained usernames, email addresses, dates of birth and salted SHA1 hashes of passwords.
Z-lib
June 20, 2024
•[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
In June 2024, almost 10M user records from Z-lib were discovered exposed online. Now defunct, Z-lib was a malicious clone of Z-Library, a well-known shadow online platform for pirating books and academic papers. The exposed data included usernames, email addresses, countries of residence, Bitcoin and Monero cryptocurrency wallet addresses, purchases and bcrypt password hashes.
Baby Names
October 24, 2008
•[ leak ]
In approximately 2008, the site to help parents name their children known as Baby Names suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 846k email addresses and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes. When contacted in October 2018, Baby Names advised that "the breach happened at least ten years ago" and that members were notified at the time.
Team Software
July 26, 2024
•[ leak, technology ]
Business software maker Team Software (WorkWave) revealed this week that a recent data breach impacts nearly 100,000 individuals.
Form I-9 Compliance
April 12, 2024
•[ leak ]
Employee eligibility verification solutions provider Form I-9 Compliance suffers a data breach and its impact is far bigger than initially believed, reaching 190,000 people.
Forth
May 21, 2024
•[ leak, finance ]
Debt relief solutions provider Forth (Set Forth) notifies 1.5 million individuals that their personal information was compromised in a May 2024 data breach.
MIT’s Technology Review
November 4, 2024
•[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
The threat actor known as Intel Broker claims to have stolen the personal data of 290,762 individuals from MITs Technology Review website via a third-party contractor.
