PatSnap Base de contatos da PatSnap · Breach

Actor JSON09 offers 270,652 PatSnap contacts; claim unverified

Oct 28, 2026 · 1 min read

Actor JSON09 is selling 270,652 contact records attributed to PatSnap, a Singapore-based intellectual property and innovation intelligence company, for $200. The listing says the data includes names, job titles, professional roles, email addresses, phone numbers and mailing addresses, obtained on October 27, 2026; a sample has been published. PatSnap has not confirmed the claim; customers should check the sample and warn staff about targeted scams.

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What happened
Why it matters
What to do
For the technical team
Timeline
Sources

What happened

An actor named JSON09 is offering 270,652 contact records attributed to PatSnap, a Singapore-based intellectual property and innovation intelligence company, for $200. The listing says the dataset contains names, job titles, professional roles, email addresses, phone numbers and mailing addresses, obtained on October 27, 2026. A sample has been published and the claim remains unverified.

Why it matters

If confirmed, professionals who dealt with PatSnap face targeted phishing and scam calls built on real contact details. The low price, $200, puts the dataset within reach of any criminal. There is no confirmation from the victim so far.

What to do

Ask PatSnap to confirm the dataset's origin, check whether your staff and contacts appear in the published sample, and warn teams about emails and calls that use these details. Reinforce verification for requests arriving through the channels listed in the data.

For the technical team

Affected: PatSnap Base de contatos da PatSnap, empresa de inteligência de propriedade intelectual e inovação de Singapura · Contact dataset attributed to PatSnap; no specific system, product or version cited in the sources.
Exploitation: Sale listed for $200 by actor JSON09, with a sample published alongside the listing; claim unverified, reported by DarkWebInformer.
Fix: Not applicable: sources cite no patch, fixed version or mitigation.
More details: According to the actor, the dataset was obtained on October 27, 2026. Fields cited: names, job titles, professional roles, email addresses, phone numbers, mailing addresses. Reported by DarkWebInformer on X.