Just 25 Accounts Hit in the astaroth_login_pass Password Leak

HEROIC analysts identified a small combolist labeled astaroth_login_pass that was uploaded to a Telegram channel on June 27, 2025. The file contains 25 records pairing email addresses or usernames with plaintext passwords, along with URLs identifying the accounts each credential belongs to.

Why This Is Dangerous

A file this small might look insignificant, but the risk to the people in it is not. The passwords are stored in plaintext, so anyone who downloads the file can use the credentials immediately, without needing to guess or crack anything. The URLs included point directly to the login pages where each credential was captured.

What Was Exposed

• Email addresses
• Plaintext passwords
• URLs tied to each account

Why This Matters

Twenty-five records is a small number, but attackers do not ignore small lists. Combolists like this are often merged with larger files and fed into automated credential stuffing tools that test each email and password pair against banking, email, and social media accounts. If you reuse a password, being one of 25 people in a leak carries the same risk as being one of a million.

How Combolist Attacks Work

A combolist bundles usernames or emails with matching passwords, typically collected from previous breaches, phishing campaigns, or malware infections and then packaged for distribution. Because there is no encryption to break, a file like astaroth_login_pass can be used the moment it is posted to Telegram or a dark web forum, no matter how many records it contains.

Check If You Are Affected

If you want to know whether your email or password appears among these 25 records, HEROIC's free breach scanner checks against a database of more than 400 billion leaked records, so you can find out quickly and change any passwords that may be exposed.