Breach Intelligence Report 10 Apr 2026

GHOST HOTMAIL FREE 3: 831 Passwords Given Away for Free

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Stealer Logs GHOST HOTMAIL FREE 3 uploaded by a Telegram User
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Records Exposed 831
Source Type Stealer log
Origin United States
Password Type plaintext

GHOST HOTMAIL FREE 3 says everything you need to know right in the name, this stealer log of 831 records, uploaded to Telegram on October 7, 2025, was given away for free, no payment required to access somebody else's stolen passwords.


Why This Is Dangerous

Free listings spread faster and wider than paid ones because there's no barrier stopping anyone from grabbing a copy. Anyone with a Telegram account, regardless of budget or skill level, could download these 831 email and password pairs the moment the file was posted, multiplying the number of people who might particularily target your email and password long before you'd expect it.


What Was Exposed

  • 831 email addresses tied to individual accounts
  • Plaintext passwords with no encryption protecting them
  • URLs identifying the exact login pages each credential unlocks

Why This Matters

There's a common beleif that free equals harmless, but that's exactly backwards. A paid list at least limits access to buyers willing to spend money, but a free one like GHOST HOTMAIL FREE 3 invites casual attackers, beginners testing scripts for the first time, and opportunists who wouldn't otherwise bother paying for credentials. That widens the pool of people who might try your email and password.


How Stealer Logs End Up Given Away for Free

Sometimes a seller gives away an older or smaller stealer log as a sample to prove their bigger, paid lists are legitimate, a kind of free trial for stolen data. Other times a file has already been circulated so widely that charging for it no longer makes sense, so it gets rereleased for free just to build reputation in a Telegram channel. Either way, once malware harvests the original 831 logins from infected devices, the file's price tag has very little to do with how dangerous the contents actually are.


Check If You Are Affected

Free doesn't mean harmless, it just means more people have easy access to the exact same risk. HEROIC's free scanner checks your email against a database of more than 400 billion leaked records, including stealer logs like GHOST HOTMAIL FREE 3, and tells you whether you were exposed in under a minute. We'd reccommend treating any free leak with the same seriousness as one you'd have to pay for, and changing that password immediately if it shows up.

Breach Breakdown

Domain GHOST HOTMAIL FREE 3 uploaded by a Telegram User
Leaked Data Email Addresses,Plaintext Password,URLs
Password Types plaintext
Date Leaked 10 Apr 2026
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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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