Gateshead Council
Data Breach on January 15, 2025
| Data Breach Report | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Victim | gateshead.gov.uk | ||
| Claimed By | Medusa | ||
| Date Discovered | Jan 15, 2025 | ||
| Description | The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. | ||
| Leak Size | Unknown |
Credential Exposure for gateshead.gov.uk
We've indexed 698 @gateshead.gov.uk accounts from external breaches, plus 161 credentials for gateshead.gov.uk itself.
Last checked Oct 4, 2026
| @gateshead.gov.uk addresses from external breaches | |
|---|---|
| Third-party breaches | 681 accounts · across 100 breaches · 601 with a plaintext password · most recent Aug 18, 2024 |
| Combo lists | 349 accounts · most recent Sep 25, 2026 |
| Passwords for gateshead.gov.uk accounts | |
|---|---|
| Combo lists | 107 logins · most recent Oct 2, 2026 |
| Infostealer logs | 73 logins · 34 infected devices · most recent Sep 29, 2026 |
Logins may belong to customers or to staff, and the data doesn't say which. None of this is necessarily connected to the ransomware attack above.
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