BREAKING: BHF FREE Telegram Log Exposes 29,504 Records in Stealer Log Incident

In May 2024, a Telegram user posted a stealer log collection labeled "BHF FREE," exposing 29,504 records of stolen credentials at no cost to anyone who wanted them. HEROIC analysts reviewing the file found email addresses, plaintext passwords, and associated service URLs for each record, all harvested from devices infected with infostealer malware. Nearly 30,000 accounts is a large haul for a single upload, and the fact that it was given away for free rather than sold means it likely reached a wide audience quickly.

Why This Is Dangerous

Every record in this file pairs a working email address with a plaintext password and the URL of the service it belongs to. That combination functions as a ready-made login kit. There is no password cracking required and no guesswork involved, so anyone who downloaded this file could begin testing accounts immediately.

Free distribution tends to spread further and faster than data that is sold privately, since there is no price barrier keeping less sophisticated attackers away. With 29,504 credential sets in circulation, automated credential stuffing tools could work through the entire list in a short amount of time.

What Was Exposed

• Email addresses
• Plaintext passwords
• Associated service URLs

Why This Matters

Because this data has no single breached company behind it, there is no official party to notify affected users or force a password reset. The people whose credentials appear in the BHF FREE file may never receive a warning, which is why proactively checking your own exposure matters. If any of these passwords are reused on other accounts, which is common, a single leaked credential can lead to compromised email, banking, or shopping accounts.

How Stealer Logs Work

Infostealer malware typically spreads through phishing emails, pirated software, and fake browser extensions. Once it infects a device, it runs quietly in the background, collecting saved passwords and autofill data from browsers, then sends everything back to whoever controls the malware. That data becomes a log file tied to one infected device, and criminals often combine many of these logs into a single package, like the one behind this post, before sharing or selling them.

Because the credentials are pulled straight from the victim's own machine rather than a company database, there is rarely a clear breach notification. Victims often only discover the exposure after unauthorized activity shows up on one of their accounts.

Check If You Are Affected

If you have downloaded software from unofficial sources or reused passwords across multiple sites, your credentials could already be sitting in a file like this one. Visit heroic.com and run a free scan against HEROIC's database of more than 400 billion exposed records to see if your email address has been compromised, then update any affected passwords right away.