How HEROIC Found the BabaCloudLogs Telegram Dump with 22,468 Records

HEROIC analysts were monitoring underground Telegram channels on May 21, 2025, when a file labeled "BabaCloudLogs 350 Cloud Logs 21.05.2025 2" surfaced publicly. The file had been uploaded by an anonymous user and was immediately accessible to any subscriber of the channel. Upon reviewing the contents, analysts confirmed 22,468 records containing email addresses, plaintext passwords, and cloud service URLs, all the hallmarks of a fresh infostealer harvest targeting cloud-connected endpoints.

Why This Is Dangerous

Finding 22,000 plaintext passwords on a public Telegram channel is the equivalent of leaving a master key ring on the street. Whoever downloads this file can immediately begin testing those email-password pairs across cloud platforms, business email services, banking portals, and anywhere else people reuse credentials. The API host URLs included in the dataset make cloud infrastructure attacks especially straightforward, since attackers already know exactly which services to target.

What Was Exposed

• Email Addresses
• Plaintext Passwords
• URLs (cloud service endpoints and API hosts)

Why This Matters

A breach like this feeds directly into the credential stuffing economy. Cybercriminals run automated tools that cycle through stolen username-password combintaions at high speed, trying them against hundreds of platforms simultaneously. Successful logins are then sold or used for account takeover, identity theft, and financial fraud. Victims rarely know their accounts have been accessed until damage is already done. The cloud-specific nature of this data also puts businesses at risk, not just individuals, since compromised cloud logins can expose entire compeny databases and internal systems to outside attackers.

How Stealer Logs Work

An infostealer is a type of malware designed to harvest credentials silently from an infected device. Once installed, it records keystrokes, scrapes saved browser passwords, captures session cookies, and notes which services the user logs into. It then packages all of this data into a structured log file and sends it back to the attacker's infrastructure. The BabaCloudLogs series suggests an operator who has been running an active infostealer campaign, collecting logs from multiple victms and releasing batches to Telegram to distribute the stolen data widely. Infostealers commonly arrive via phishing emails, pirated software, and fake browser extensions or updates.

Check If You Are Affected

HEROIC's free breach scanner indexes more than 400 billion compromised records, including stealer log batches like this BabaCloudLogs series from May 2025. If your email address is in this dataset or any other known breach, you will find out in seconds.

Use the free scanner at HEROIC.com to check your email now and take action before an attacker exploits your exposed credentials.