A 152,521 Record Gmail Password Dump Quietly Hit Telegram

In late January 2023, a stealer log labeled "gmail Part2 28" quietly appeared in a Telegram channel and was later identified by HEROIC analysts. The file contains 152,521 exposed records, each pairing a Gmail-linked email address with a plaintext password and the URL of the site that login belongs to, consistent with malware that harvests saved credentials directly from a victim's browser.

A Gmail Credential Dump Quietly Surfaced on Telegram

Files like this one rarely make headlines. They get quietly split into parts, labeled and shared in private channels, and traded among people looking for working logins, long before most victims ever find out their password is circulating. This is "Part2" of a larger set, meaning the total scope of accounts affected across the full collection is likely larger than this single file alone.

What Was Exposed in This Gmail-Linked Log

• Email addresses
• Plaintext passwords
• URLs of the associated login pages

Why This Matters

A Gmail account is often the recovery method for dozens of other accounts, from banking to shopping to social media. If a password in this file still works, an attacker can use it not just to read someone's email but to reset passwords on every other account tied to that inbox, turning one leaked credential into a full account takeover.

How This Stealer Log Was Assembled

Infostealer malware typically spreads through cracked software or fake downloads, then automatically pulls every saved password and login URL from an infected browser. Criminals then sort these massive raw logs by email provider, splitting them into labeled parts like this one, and circulate them through Telegram groups built around trading stolen account access.

Check If You Are Affected

With over 150,000 records in just this one part of the collection, checking your exposure only takes a moment. HEROIC's free breach scanner searches a database of more than 400 billion compromised records so you can see immediately if your email and password appeared in this leak or any other breach.