3.4K Fresh Hotmail Hits Quietly Surfaced on Telegram: 3,407 Exposed

3,407 "Fresh" Hotmail Logins Circulated in a Telegram Combolist

HEROIC analysts found a combolist titled "3.4 K So Fresh HOTMAIL HITSTry Now 11.12," uploaded by a Telegram user on 11 December 2024. The file contains 3,407 records pairing Hotmail email addresses with plaintext passwords and the URLs they were used on.

Why This Is Dangerous

The word "fresh" in the file's own title is the warning sign. It means the person who uploaded this combolist is advertising that these Hotmail credentials are recently stolen and still likely to work. Since the passwords are stored in plaintext, anyone who downloads the file can read and use them immediately, no extra tools required.

What Was Exposed

• Email addresses (Hotmail accounts)
• Plaintext passwords
• URLs

Why This Matters

A Hotmail inbox is often the recovery address for banking, shopping, and social media accounts, which makes it a high-value target for credential stuffing. If any of the 3,407 people in this file reused their Hotmail password elsewhere, an attacker could use it to reset other passwords, take over accounts, or attempt financial fraud, all without needing to break any encryption.

How This Combolist Was Marketed

Files like this one are typically posted in Telegram channels dedicated to trading stolen credentials, and the "try now" language in the title is a sales pitch aimed at other criminals looking for logins that still work. Combolists are usually assembled from smaller breaches, stealer logs, or previous leaks, then organized by email provider, in this case Hotmail, to make them easier to sell and use.

Check If You Are Affected

If you use a Hotmail or Outlook account, or reuse passwords across sites, it's worth checking whether your credentials are part of this leak. HEROIC's free breach scanner checks your email against a database of more than 400 billion leaked records, so you can find out quickly and update any exposed passwords.