The 150 PCS 28 JULY FREE LOGS Breach Put 1,754 Stolen Email and Password Pairs Online Last Week

On July 29, 2024, a file called 150 PCS - 28 JULY - FREE LOGS appeared on a public Telegram channel. Inside were 1,754 records -- email addresses, plaintext passwords, and the URLs of the services those passwords belonged to -- all harvested from devices infected with infostealer malware. The name gives it away: 150 pieces, free, handed directly to whoever wanted them. No purchase required. No technical skill needed. Just 1,754 real people's credentials, ready to use.

Why This Stealer Log Is Dangerous

Free log drops on Telegram are deliberate. Distributing stolen credentials at no cost maximizes exposure and builds reputaton for the threat actor releasing them. The result is that this data reaches not just one attacker but dozens or hundreds simultaneously. Every person who downloaded this file had immediate, no-effort access to 1,754 working credential sets. With plaintext passwords, there is nothing to decrypt, nothing to brute-force. The accounts are open the moment an attacker copies the credentials into a login form.

What Was Exposed

• Email Addresses
• Plaintext Passwords
• URLs (the specific sites and services the stolen credentials access)

Why This Matters

A credential pair -- an email address and its matching password -- is the master key to your digital identity. With it, an attacker can log into your accounts, trigger password resets on services they do not yet have access to, and intercept emails that would normally alert you to suspicious activity. The URLs in this log make it even worse, because attackers do not have to guess what to try the credentials against -- they already know. The 1,754 individuals in this dataset may not even be aware their devices were compromized, let alone that their passwords are now freely circulatng among criminal networks.

How Stealer Log Breaches Work

Infostealer malware gains access to a device through phishing emails, malicious downloads, or trojanized software. Once running, it operates invisibly, sweeping through the browser's credential store and capturing every saved username, password, and associated URL. The malware bundles all of this into a structured log file and sends it back to the attacker. From there, logs are organized by size or date and posted to Telegram channels as free samples, promotional drops, or paid packages. The 150 PCS designation in this log's name refers to the number of individual device logs bundled together -- each representing one person's entire saved credential set scraped clean.

Check If You Are Affected

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