grammarly_hits Dark Web Leak: 13 Login Credentials Found Exposed

What HEROIC Analysts Found in the "grammarly_hits" Leak

HEROIC's dark web intelligence team spotted a file called "grammarly_hits" uploaded to Telegram on August 1, 2026. Despite its small size, the file is a combolist containing 13 records that pair email addresses with plaintext passwords and the URLs of the accounts they belong to.

Why This Leak Is Dangerous

A small record count does not mean small risk. Each of the 13 entries includes a plaintext password matched to its account URL, which means any one of those specific accounts can be accessed immediately by whoever has the file, with no cracking or guessing required.

What Was Exposed

• Email addresses
• Plaintext passwords
• URLs linked to each account

Why This Matters

If your email happens to be among the 13 exposed in this file, you face the same risks as someone caught in a much larger breach: credential stuffing against your other accounts, account takeover, identity theft, and financial fraud if the attacker reaches a banking or payment login.

How Small Combolists Like This One Circulate

Not every combolist that surfaces on the dark web or on Telegram is large. Small files like "grammarly_hits" are sometimes shared as free samples to prove a seller's larger collection is real, or simply because that is all the data an uploader managed to gather. HEROIC's monitoring picks up leaks like this one regardless of size, because even a 13-record file can compromise a real person's accounts.

Check If You Are Affected

Because this leak surfaced only days ago, checking now matters. HEROIC's free breach scanner searches more than 400 billion leaked records, including small, recently posted files like this one, to tell you if your email was caught up in it. Run a free scan and change any password that comes back as exposed.