5,924 Victims Now Face Account Takeover After Telegram Leak

On November 19, 2025, a file with the cryptic name "18-11-2025_6338cfd5" showed up on Telegram, containing 5,924 login records. There's nothing memorable about the filename, but for the 5,924 people whose emails and passwords are inside it, the consequences are definately anything but forgettable.

Why This Is Dangerous

Every record in this file pairs a real email address with its plaintext password and a URL, meaning attackers don't need to do any extra work to start testing accounts. For the people affected, that translates directly into a higher chance of someone else logging in as them, sometimes before they even know the leak occured.

What Was Exposed

• 5,924 records
• Email Addresses
• Plaintext Passwords
• URLs tied to each login

Why This Matters

Victims of a leak like this now face a handful of real consequences: locked accounts, unauthorized purchases, drained loyalty points, or worse, someone using their email to impersonate them elsewhere. These aren't hypothetical risks, they're the direct and imediate result of plaintext credentials sitting in a public Telegram file.

How Stealer Logs Work

Files named with dates and random strings, like "18-11-2025_6338cfd5," are typically auto-generated by stealer malware toolkits. The malware infects a device, harvests saved browser credentials, and the operator's software automatically names and timestamps the output file before it gets shared or sold.

Check If You Are Affected

Facing the aftermath of a leak starts with knowing you're in one. HEROIC's free breach scanner checks your email against a database of more than 400 billion compromised records, including obscure files like this, so you know exactly what you're up against before the consequences catch up with you.