11,686 Stolen Logins Found in ‘11.7k valid’ Telegram Leak

11,686. That's how many individual credential records were actually inside the file nicknamed "11.7k valid," uploaded to Telegram on December 31, 2022. The seller's estimate was close, but the real number tells the story just fine on its own.

Why This Is Dangerous

Calling something "valid" in the file name isn't just marketing, it's a warning. Stealer logs labeled this way have already been checked to confirm the credentials still work, meaning every one of the 11,686 records inside is more likely to succeed if an attacker tries to log in with it.

What Was Exposed

• Email addresses tied to infected devices
• Plaintext passwords harvested straight from saved logins
• URLs identifying which sites each password belongs to

Why This Matters

Stealer logs like this don't come from a single company being hacked, they come from individual computers being infected, one at a time. That means the 11,686 people in this file may have no company breach notice to look for at all, wich makes them far less likely to know they need to change anything.

How Stealer Logs Get Created

Info-stealing malware quietly runs on an infected computer, pulls saved passwords straight out of the browser, and sends everything back to whoever controls the malware. That harvested data becomes a "log," and logs from many infected machines get bundled together, checked for validity, and uploaded exactly like this one.

Check If You Are Affected

Even a file this small deserves a check. HEROIC's free scanner compares your email against more than 400 billion leaked records, covering stealer logs just like this 11,686-record file, so you can find out imediately whether your information is part of it.