UK Shoppers Targeted: 98,563-Record Combolist Leak Exposed

On 19-Dec-2022, HEROIC analysts identified a credential dump, shared by a Telegram user under the label "99k UK Combolist Target Shopping Sites," containing 98,563 records. The file is built specifically for logging into shopping websites and includes email addresses, plaintext passwords, and the URLs those credentials belong to.

Why UK Shoppers Are the Target of This Combolist

This isn't a random mix of stolen logins, it's a list built and labeled specifically to target UK shopping accounts. That focus makes it more dangerous in a practical way: attackers using it know exactly what kind of account they're breaking into, and because the password is stored in plaintext next to the exact shopping site URL, there's no cracking required, just a login away from misuse.

What Was Exposed

• Email addresses
• Plaintext passwords
• The login URLs tied to each shopping account

Why This Matters

With 98,563 records aimed at shopping accounts, anyone in this file faces immediate account takeover risk on the exact shopping site listed next to their credentials. If any of these passwords were reused elsewhere, attackers can also try the same email and password combination on other sites through credential stuffing, spreading the damage well beyond the original shopping accounts.

How Combolists Work

A combolist is a compiled file of email-and-password pairs, often pulled together from stealer logs or older breaches and organized by target, in this case, UK shopping sites. That organization makes the list more valuable to criminals, since it lets them focus their efforts on one type of account instead of guessing which stolen login goes where, and files like this get shared or sold through channels such as Telegram.

Check If You Are Affected

If you shop online and have ever reused a password, it's worth checking whether your information is part of this or another leak. HEROIC's free breach scanner checks your email address against more than 400 billion leaked and dark web records, so you can find out quickly and update any exposed passwords before someone else uses them.