16,871 Plaintext Passwords From the Trident Cloud Log Just Surfaced

HEROIC analysts spotted a stealer log uploaded to Telegram on August 4, 2025, containing 16,871 records tagged with the label "Trident_Cloud." Each record includes an email address, a plaintext password, and the URL of the site the credentials were used on.

Why This Trident Cloud Log Is Dangerous

This file isn't evidence of one company's servers being breached. It's a stealer log, meaning the credentials were pulled straight off individual, malware-infected devices rather than stolen from a central database. Because the passwords are stored in plaintext, anyone holding the file can use them exactly as typed, with no cracking or decoding needed. Nearly 17,000 records in a single log gives an attacker a large, ready-made list of working logins.

What Was Exposed

• Email addresses
• Plaintext passwords
• URLs of the accounts each credential belongs to

Why This Matters

With email and password pairs in hand, attackers commonly run credential stuffing attacks, automatically testing the same login across dozens of other websites. Anyone in this log who reused a password elsewhere risks having that other account, whether it's a bank, an email provider, or an online store, taken over in seconds. From there, account takeover can escalate quickly into financial fraud or identity theft.

How Stealer Logs End Up on Telegram

Logs like this one start with infostealer malware, often installed through a pirated program, a fake software update, or a malicious attachment. Once active, the malware copies saved passwords and autofill entries out of the victim's browser and records which site each one belongs to. The people running the malware then collect these records into a single file and post it to Telegram channels or dark web forums, where other criminals buy or trade it to attempt logins elsewhere.

Check If You Are Affected

You can check whether your email address appears in this Trident Cloud log or any other breach HEROIC tracks, for free. HEROIC's breach scanner searches more than 400 billion leaked records and shows you exactly what has been exposed, so you can update any reused passwords before someone else uses them.