CARDS ISRAEL BANKS 3: Just 99 Logins, Not Card Numbers, Leaked

HEROIC analysts reviewed a file named CARDS ISRAEL BANKS 3, uploaded to a Telegram channel on May 21, 2026. Despite the name suggesting stolen payment card data, the actual file contains 99 records of email addresses paired with plaintext passwords and associated login URLs. No card numbers, bank account details, or payment information appear anywhere in the data HEROIC reviewed. Why This Is Dangerous: Even though this is not a card breach, 99 working email and password combinations are still valuable to criminals. Because the passwords are stored in plaintext, they can be used immediately, without any cracking, to log into whatever accounts they belong to. What Was Exposed: - Email addresses - Plaintext passwords - Login URLs tied to each account Why This Matters: File names on Telegram are often misleading, sellers frequently label combolists with names meant to sound bigger or more valuable than the actual contents, in this case implying bank card data that is not present. What is real, however, is that 99 people have working login credentials circulating publicly. If any of those credentials are reused elsewhere, the accounts tied to them are at risk of takeover, and the people involved are at risk of fraud built on top of whatever the stolen email account can access, like password resets for banking or shopping sites. How a Combolist Like This Works: A combolist is a plain text file pairing an email or username with a password, often built by combining smaller batches of stolen credentials from phishing pages or malware logs. Names are frequently exaggerated or repurposed by whoever uploads the file, which is why the content of a leak should always be verified against its label rather than assumed from the file name alone. Check If You Are Affected: Whether a leak sounds big or small, it is worth checking if your information is part of it. HEROIC's free breach scanner checks your email against more than 400 billion leaked records so you can see your real exposure rather than relying on a file's name.