Researchers Found AgoraVale’s 18,190 Passwords Exposed on a Forum

In August 2018, HEROIC identified 18,190 records from AgoraVale, a Brazilian news platform. The data was posted on a popular hacking forum and contained email addresses and plaintext passwords.

Why the AgoraVale Breach Is Dangerous

Plaintext passwords require no decryption -- attackers can immediately test the 18,190 exposed credentials against email providers, social media platforms, and banking services. Brazilian news readers who reused their AgoraVale password anywhere face direct account takeover risk on every platform sharing that credential.

What Was Exposed in the AgoraVale Leak

• Email addresses
• Plaintext passwords

Why This AgoraVale Data Puts You at Risk

News platform subscribers often register using personal email addresses tied to banking, government services, and social media. A plaintext password from 2018 remains valid on any account where the user never changed it -- years of undetected exposure means attackers have had ample opportunity to test and exploit these credentials.

How Database Breaches Work

Attackers exploited a vulnerability in the AgoraVale database, extracting user records stored with passwords in plaintext rather than secure hashing. The credentials were published on a popular hacking forum and subsequently incorporated into credential stuffing lists used in automated login attacks across other platforms.

Check If Your Data Was Exposed

HEROIC operates one of the world's largest breach databases, covering more than 400 billion leaked records. Use HEROIC's free breach scanner to check if your email address or credentials appeared in the AgoraVale leak or thousands of other breaches in our database.