30,429 freenet.de Passwords Exposed in a Stealer Log Leak

30,429 freenet.de Records Found in a Telegram Stealer Log

On 17 June 2026, HEROIC analysts identified a stealer log uploaded to a Telegram channel containing 30,429 records tied to freenet.de, the German internet and email provider. Each entry pairs an email address with a plaintext password and the specific login URL where that password was entered, harvested by malware running on infected devices rather than by any breach of freenet.de's own systems.

Why 30,429 Exposed Passwords Is a Significant Risk

A log of this size gives an attacker a ready-made list of tens of thousands of working credential pairs, all captured in plaintext with nothing encrypted to slow down misuse. That combination of scale and immediate usability is exactly what makes stealer logs so valuable to criminals running automated account-testing campaigns.

What Was Exposed

• Email addresses
• Plaintext passwords
• Login URLs tied to each freenet.de account

Why This Puts freenet.de Users at Risk Beyond Their Inbox

With over 30,000 credential pairs available, attackers commonly run credential stuffing tools that test each email and password against banking portals, online retailers, and social media accounts. Anyone who reused their freenet.de password elsewhere faces a real risk of account takeover, and if their email account itself is compromised, a much broader risk of identity theft.

How This Stealer Log Was Likely Compiled

Infostealer malware typically spreads through pirated software, cracked games, or malicious attachments, then silently copies every saved password, cookie, and autofill entry from the victim's browser. Criminals aggregate infections from many devices into a single log, organize the entries by the sites involved, and share or sell the finished file on Telegram, as happened here with the freenet.de records.

Check If You Are Affected

If you use freenet.de, or have reused a freenet.de password anywhere else, it is worth checking now. HEROIC's free breach scanner searches more than 400 billion breached and leaked records, including stealer logs like this one, to show you instantly whether your credentials have been exposed.