Monitoring for data leaks is a challenging and expensive task requiring constant data and intelligence collection across multiple platforms. This includes monitoring the dark web, public internet, and other online platforms for signs that sensitive information like employee credentials, session tokens, or internal company documents have been exposed or are being sold or shared without authorization.
Initial Access Brokers and various threat actors sell and trade access to millions of networks daily. Breachsense uses both human and artificial intelligence to collect and analyze raw intelligence from across the dark web in real time. This enables security teams to locate compromised credentials, session tokens and other potential threats before they can be exploited. By continuously scanning and analyzing these sources, organizations can proactively detect and respond to dark web leaks, reducing the risk of financial loss, reputational damage, and legal consequences.
Data Leak Monitoring
Proactively find and remediate your organization’s leaked data before criminals exploit them
86% of breaches involve stolen credentials. Breachsense indexes leaked data and notifies you when your organization’s assets are found so that you can remediate the threat before it’s exploited.
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What is Data Leak Monitoring
Early Detection and Response
Automatically monitor for leaked credentials and other sensitive data. Get notified as soon as your data has been found on the dark web
Reputation Management
By monitoring for data leaks you can address issues before they become public, helping to maintain your reputation.
Cost Reduction
By preventing data leaks, you can avoid the high costs associated with a breach like legal fees, fines and the expenses of notifying victims.
Monitor for Data Leaks with the #1 Platform Trusted by Great Companies from All Over the World
Our team uses Breachsense data to gain initial access during pen testing and red team engagements. The API is simple to use and the support is always helpful and responds quickly.
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Technical Director, Red Cursor
Our Security Colony platform relies on Breachsense data as part of our dark web monitoring service. The data is continuously updated and high quality. Highly recommend!
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SVP Professional Services, Trustwave
We rely on Breachsense for a lot of data. Their frequent database updates, constant availability, and handling of big and small breaches alike means we are always covered.
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CTO, Hurricane Labs
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Data Leak Monitoring?
Data leak monitoring is the process of monitoring the dark web (dark web forums and dark web sites) for mentions of specific individuals, brands, phone numbers, other compromised credentials, and other types of sensitive information. With data leaks becoming increasingly common, ongoing data leak monitoring is essential for ensuring the safety of your customers’ and employees’ sensitive personal information.
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How Does Data Leak Monitoring Work?
Breachsense is a data leak monitoring solution that continuously tracks millions of online sources, including IRC and Telegram channels, private cybercrime communities, ransomware marketplaces, and more. Your security team is notified the moment there are any mentions of your:
- Employee or customer account credentials or other sensitive data
- Login credentials to your C-level executive accounts
- Credentials for remote access servers like SSH, Remote Desktop, and FTP
- Internal company emails or documents
- Employee corporate or government-issued IDs
Why is Data Leak Monitoring Important?
Data leak monitoring helps you detect data leaks in your organization in real time, notifying you the moment there’s a mention of any sensitive information related to your organization. While you won’t be able to delete these mentions on the dark web, you will be able to apply preventative measures by canceling accounts, changing passwords, and so on, mitigating any potential damage.
Is a Data Leak the Same as Data Breach?
It’s true that both terms - “data leak” and “data breach” - seem as if they referred to the same type of a cyber threat. In reality, however, they do have slightly different meanings. A data leak usually means an unauthorized release of confidential data, whether intentional or unintentional by a third party but also an employee of a company. A data breach, on the other hand, occurs where a third party gains unauthorized access, often malicious, to compromise sensitive information within a system or network.
How to find leaked data on dark web?
You can find leaked data on the dark web by using specialized services like Breachsense, which monitor a wide range of sources for compromised information. Dark web monitoring services index data from ransomware threat actor sites, hacker forums, pastebin sites, Telegram & Discord channels, and stealer logs, providing alerts when your data is discovered. By leveraging these services, you can quickly identify and respond to potential data breaches before the leaked data is exploited. Continuous dark web monitoring is essential for organizations to help prevent data breaches and cyber attacks.
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How to remove your information from the dark web?
Unfortunately, once your information is on the dark web, removing it completely is nearly impossible. This is why preventing a leak is so important. The dark web operates in hidden and unregulated parts of the internet, making it difficult to track or delete compromised data. However, you can take immediate steps to protect your organization after a breach. Change any exposed passwords, enable two-factor authentication, use a password manager, monitor your financial accounts for suspicious activity, and consider using a data breach monitoring service.