How a Telegram Combolist Exposed 319 Logins Labeled “Gov Logs”

HEROIC analysts found a combolist titled "gov logs" uploaded to Telegram on May 7, 2026, containing 319 records of email addresses, plaintext passwords, and login URLs. The name implies a government connection, but HEROIC found no verification that the accounts belong to any specific government agency, the label appears to be the uploader's own description. Why This Is Dangerous: Whether or not any account here belongs to a government employee, every record includes a readable password paired with an email and the site it unlocks. That's all an attacker needs to attempt a direct login. What Was Exposed: - Email addresses - Plaintext passwords - URLs for the associated login pages Why This Matters: Attackers often label combolists with terms like "gov" to make them sound more valuable or sensitive, since access to a government-linked account can be worth more on underground markets. Genuine or not, anyone whose credentials appear here faces the same risk of credential stuffing and account takeover as any other leak. How This Kind of Combolist Gets Made: Small combolists like this are usually assembled by scraping public breach dumps, phishing kits, or malware infections, then filtered and relabeled by whoever uploads them to make the file sound more exclusive or targeted than it may actually be. Check If You Are Affected: Regardless of the label, it's worth checking whether your email appears in this leak. Search HEROIC's free breach scanner, which covers this file and more than 400 billion other exposed records, and change your password if you find a match.