3,485 Plaintext Logins Surfaced in the 275 PCS FREE LOGS File

3,485 records, each pairing an email address with a plaintext password and the site it was used on: that is what HEROIC analysts found inside a stealer log known as the 275 PCS FREE LOGS file (dated October 26, 2023), which was uploaded to a Telegram channel. Scanning your email is the only way to check whether one of those 3,485 entries belongs to you.

Why This Is Dangerous

Every password in this file was stored as plain text rather than in any protected form, so it can be read and reused the instant the file is opened. Being labeled as free logs also means the file is likely to circulate widely, reaching far more people than a file kept private by whoever first collected it.

• Email addresses
• Plaintext passwords
• URLs tied to each saved login

Wide circulation raises the odds that a working password gets tried against an email inbox, a banking site, or a workplace login before the owner has any idea something is wrong. Reusing a password across accounts is what turns a single exposed record into several compromised ones.

A file like this comes from malware that ran on an infected computer, copying whatever logins the browser had saved along with the exact sites they were used on. No company's servers were involved in creating it, only devices that were already compromised before this file ever surfaced.

Check This File Against Your Email

Scan your email to see if it appears in this file or in other known exposures. If you find a match, change that password right away and anywhere else you reused it, this applies to a personal inbox and a work email alike.