Breach Intelligence Report 17 Sep 2026

Act Now: 14,436 DARKAURACLOUD Logins Leaked, Check Yours

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HEROIC Threat Intelligence Team
Email Addresses Plaintext Password Urls
Combolist DARKAURACLOUD 2026-08-20_14-30-10 1 uploaded by a Telegram User
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Records Exposed 14,436
Source Type Combolist
Origin United States
Password Type plaintext

HEROIC analysts found a Telegram combolist called DARKAURACLOUD on August 20, 2026, containing 14,436 login records in plaintext. Each record pairs an email address with its password and the URL it unlocks, packaged together for reuse attacks against other services.


What Over 14,000 Exposed Logins Means

A file this size is large enough to fuel automated attacks at scale. Each of the 14,436 records is a complete, working login, giving attackers a broad set of targets without needing to crack or guess a single password.


Inside the DARKAURACLOUD Combolist

  • Email addresses: identify each account and provide a target for phishing campaigns.
  • Plaintext passwords: readable and usable immediately, with no decryption needed.
  • Login URLs: show exactly which site each credential pair unlocks.

Why This Discovery Matters at This Scale

Beyond direct account takeover, the bigger risk is reuse across the 14,436 records. Attackers run leaked pairs against email providers, banks, and shopping sites automatically, so anyone who reused a password anywhere else is exposed there too.


How the DARKAURACLOUD File Was Put Together

This is not a single company being hacked. DARKAURACLOUD labeled files are combolists built by pooling email and password pairs gathered from many older leaks and malware infections into one large upload.


Act Now: Are You One of the 14,436 Exposed?

Use HEROIC's free tool to scan your email and check if your address is part of this file. If it is, change the exposed password immediately, then change it on any other account where you used the same one, since a unique password per site is what stops this kind of leak from spreading further. This applies to personal and work email addresses alike.

Breach Breakdown

Domain DARKAURACLOUD 2026-08-20_14-30-10 1 uploaded by a Telegram User
Leaked Data Email Addresses,Plaintext Password,URLs
Password Types plaintext
Date Leaked 17 Sep 2026
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Breach Timeline Analysis

March 2024 Multiple credentials exposed in recent data breach
January 2024 Password found in dark web marketplace
December 2023 Personal information leaked in major security incident

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