The Gammal Tech Leak: 2,677 Plaintext Passwords Exposed. Yours Might Be One.

HEROIC analysts discovered a database dump from Gammal Tech, an Egyptian platform offering programming and technology training, circulating on underground forums with a leak date of January 4, 2025. The exposed set contained 2,677 records with email addresses, phone numbers, full names, IP addresses, and plaintext passwords. Plaintext passwords are unencrypted and immediately usable, meaning anyone with a copy of this file can log straight into affected accounts.

Why This Is Dangerous

Most people reuse passwords across multiple services. When a plaintext password from one site lands on a dark web forum, attackers run it against banking apps, email providers, and social platforms within hours. The process is automated. No technical skill is required. Every account where the victim used the same password is at immediate risk.

What Was Exposed in the Gammal Tech Breach

• Email addresses
• Plaintext (unencrypted) passwords
• Phone numbers
• First names and last names
• IP addresses

Why This Matters for Gammal Tech Users

Credential stuffing attacks powered by plaintext passwords are one of the leading causes of account takeover fraud. Once attackers gain entry to an email or financial account, they can change recovery details, lock out the real owner, and drain funds or steal further personal data. IP addresses in the leak also allow criminals to build a geographic profile of each victim, useful for targeting phishing campaigns or bypassing location-based fraud checks.

How an Education Platform Database Breach Works

Smaller educational platforms frequently run on shared hosting or legacy content management systems that receive infrequent security updates. Attackers probe for known vulnerabilities in plugins, admin panels, or poorly secured API endpoints. When they find an opening they extract the user database, which in this case stored passwords without hashing or encryption. The data then gets packaged and sold or shared on breach forums where other threat actors use it to fuel further attacks.

Check If Your Information Was Exposed

HEROIC's breach intelligence database covers more than 400 billion compromised records across thousands of incidents worldwide. If you had an account on Gammal Tech or want to check your email address against all known breaches, run a free search at heroic.com. If your credentials appear, change your password on every site where you used it and enable two-factor authentication immediately.