Data breaches that exposed Private messages
31 breaches (3.3% of the total) exposed Private messages. Below are the yearly counts and the 31 largest of these breaches.
Breaches per year
| Year | Matching | All |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 15 |
| 2012 | 0 | 19 |
| 2013 | 3 | 28 |
| 2014 | 4 | 48 |
| 2015 | 1 | 67 |
| 2016 | 4 | 94 |
| 2017 | 1 | 50 |
| 2018 | 3 | 70 |
| 2019 | 5 | 80 |
| 2020 | 2 | 93 |
| 2021 | 1 | 67 |
| 2022 | 2 | 55 |
| 2023 | 2 | 42 |
| 2024 | 2 | 76 |
| 2025 | 1 | 52 |
| 2026 | 0 | 82 |
Largest breaches
| Service | Breach date | Accounts | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patreon | 2015-10-01 | 2,330,382 | 83 |
| Cracked.to | 2019-07-21 | 749,161 | 77 |
| Tigo | 2023-03-31 | 700,394 | 58 |
| BreachForums (2025) | 2025-08-11 | 672,247 | 77 |
| Nulled.cr | 2016-05-06 | 599,080 | 81 |
| Liker | 2021-03-08 | 465,141 | 96 |
| The Kodi Foundation | 2023-02-16 | 400,635 | 80 |
| Brand New Tube | 2022-08-14 | 349,627 | 78 |
| Aimware | 2019-04-28 | 305,470 | 78 |
| Technic | 2018-11-30 | 265,410 | 83 |
| OGUsers (2020 breach) | 2020-04-02 | 263,189 | 77 |
| Cannabis.com | 2014-02-05 | 227,746 | 90 |
| BreachForums | 2022-11-29 | 212,156 | 77 |
| Win7Vista Forum | 2013-09-03 | 202,683 | 81 |
| AnimeLeague | 2024-07-04 | 192,134 | 84 |
| OGUsers (2019 breach) | 2018-12-26 | 161,143 | 77 |
| Boxee | 2014-03-29 | 158,093 | 89 |
| Teracod | 2016-05-28 | 97,151 | 82 |
| Void.to | 2019-06-13 | 95,431 | 77 |
| Social Engineered | 2019-06-13 | 89,392 | 77 |
| BitView | 2024-12-14 | 63,127 | 83 |
| Appartoo | 2017-03-25 | 49,681 | 92 |
| Quantum Booter | 2014-03-18 | 48,592 | 78 |
| Lounge Board | 2013-08-01 | 45,018 | 80 |
| Nulled.ch | 2020-05-20 | 43,491 | 77 |
| Light's Hope | 2018-06-25 | 30,484 | 81 |
| Verified | 2014-01-10 | 16,919 | 87 |
| Ethereum | 2016-12-16 | 16,431 | 78 |
| Astropid | 2013-12-19 | 5,788 | 81 |
| Biohack.me | 2016-12-02 | 3,402 | 76 |
| devkitPro | 2019-02-03 | 1,508 | 75 |
* = The original data marks this breach as unverified, possibly fabricated, or a spam list.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of October 9, 2026. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.