Search Your Email: Nanomine Technolabs Breach Exposed 998 Records

HEROIC analysts identified a database breach linked to Nanomine Technolabs, an IT services company based in India, dated 14 June 2024. The exposed dataset contains 998 records, including email addresses, phone numbers, first and last names, and password hashes secured with bcrypt hashing.

Why This Is Dangerous

Anyone who obtains this data has enough information to impersonate Nanomine Technolabs customers or contacts, craft targeted phishing emails using real names and phone numbers, and attempt to crack the bcrypt password hashes offline. Bcrypt is a stronger hashing algorithm than older methods like MD5, but it does not make weak or reused passwords safe. If a password from this breach matches one used on another account, attackers can test it there through credential stuffing.

What Was Exposed

• Email addresses
• Phone numbers
• First names
• Last names
• Password hashes (bcrypt)

Why This Matters

Even a small breach like this one carries outsized risk because people frequently reuse passwords and contact details across multiple services. If someone cracks a password hash from this leak, they can attempt account takeover on email, banking, or shopping accounts tied to the same address or phone number. Combined with a real name and phone number, this data also fuels convincing phishing and vishing attempts, both common precursors to identity theft and financial fraud.

How Database Breaches Happen

A database breach means an attacker gained direct access to a company's backend data store, whether through an application vulnerability, stolen administrator credentials, a misconfigured server, or a compromised third-party vendor. Once inside, attackers typically export the tables containing user records and then sell or post them on underground forums, which is exactly where HEROIC analysts found this dataset on 14 June 2024.

Check If You Are Affected

You do not have to guess whether your information showed up in this breach or others like it. HEROIC's free breach scanner checks your email address against a database of more than 400 billion leaked records, including this Nanomine Technolabs incident, and tells you immediately if your data has been exposed. Run a free scan today and take the next step toward securing your accounts.