📂 Historical Data Breaches Archive

Welcome to the Historical Data Breaches Archive! This repository contains a comprehensive and ever-growing collection of data breaches and stealer logs throughout history. All the data breaches stored here are publicly available and can be freely downloaded for research, analysis, or educational purposes.

🔍 About This Repository

This repository is a centralized hub for data breaches and stealer logs that have occurred over the years. Whether you are a cybersecurity researcher, data analyst, or simply curious about data breaches, you can access, download, and explore these datasets.

Key Features:

• 📜 Complete List of Data Breaches: Every breach is cataloged with its details.
• 📥 Free Downloadable Files: Each breach can be freely downloaded using the provided links.
• 🗂️ Organized by Industry: The breaches are sorted for easier navigation.

🚀 How to Download

You can freely download any data breach file using the links provided in the breaches or stealer-logs directory. Each breach is stored in a separate file with detailed information. Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the Data Breaches Directory or Stealer Logs Directory.
2. Choose the breach file you’re interested in.
3. Click on the download link at the bottom to save the file to your local machine.

🛡️ Why Explore Data Breaches?

Studying data breaches can help:

• Understand cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
• Prevent future breaches.
• Analyze attack trends and patterns.

Whether you’re doing research or simply want to explore, these datasets can help you uncover valuable insights.

📚 Educational and Research Use

These datasets are free to use for:

• Cybersecurity research.
• Data science projects.
• Academic studies.

You can also contribute new data breaches by submitting a pull request or by suggesting updates via an issue.

🔧 Contributions & Issues

If you come across a new data breach, stealer logs, or notice outdated information, feel free to contribute. You can submit a pull request or open an issue for review at our GitHub.

🔗 External Resources

If you’re interested in learning more about data breaches or cybersecurity:

• Have I Been Pwned
• Hudson Rock
• freemediaheckyeah

🤷‍♀️ Misc

• Historical DB Archive Website
• trace.rip / 2

©️ DMCA & Copyright Notice

Historical Data Breaches Archive (archive.trace.rip) is a publicly accessible, non-commercial research archive that indexes and references historical data breach records for academic, journalistic, and cybersecurity research purposes only.

Important Clarifications

• We do not host, store, distribute, or control any of the underlying breach data files.
• archive.trace.rip and vault.trace.rip (FileBrowser Quantum) are technically and operationally distinct services. Although they share a common domain root (trace.rip), the Historical Data Breaches Archive (archive.trace.rip) does NOT host, operate, or have access to the contents of vault.trace.rip.

Takedown Requests

Since we do not host any infringing content ourselves, all DMCA takedown notices must be directed to the original hosting platforms where the files are physically stored. We cannot remove content we do not control or possess.

However, if you are a copyright holder or authorized representative and believe your rights have been violated:

• We will gladly provide the original source URL or hosting location where the content was publicly referenced.
• Upon receipt of a valid, properly formatted DMCA notice, we will review and, if applicable, remove or disable access to the metadata reference in our archive within our technical capabilities.

We respect intellectual property rights and comply with the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Our service functions as an indexing and referencing tool only, not as a content host.

For inquiries or to submit a formal notice, please contact: report@trace.rip