24,841 Greek Accounts Leaked in a Telegram Stealer Log

In January 2023, HEROIC analysts identified a stealer log named "Greece 5" uploaded to Telegram by an anonymous user. The file contained 24,841 records, including email addresses, plaintext passwords, and the URLs of the websites those logins were used on. The name suggests this batch was grouped around users located in or connected to Greece, making it one of several regional collections circulating on the same channel.

Why This Greece 5 Leak Is Dangerous

Nearly 25,000 login credentials leaked at once is a serious number. Because each record pairs an email address with a plaintext password and the exact site it unlocks, an attacker doesn't need to crack or guess anything, they can simply try the login directly. That makes this file immediately usable for anyone who obtains it.

What Was Exposed

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

Why This Matters

If any of the 24,841 people in this leak reused their password on other accounts, attackers can use those same credentials in a technique called credential stuffing, testing the same email and password against banking, shopping, and social media sites. Because the passwords here are plaintext rather than encrypted, this kind of attack can happen immediately, with no extra effort required to unlock the data.

How Stealer Logs Work

Stealer logs are produced by malware that quietly infects a device and copies whatever login information is saved in the browser, including usernames, passwords, and the websites they belong to. Criminals often group these logs by region or country, as with this "Greece 5" batch, before selling or sharing them on Telegram channels HEROIC analysts monitor.

Check If You Are Affected

With nearly 25,000 records in this single leak, checking your exposure is a smart precaution. HEROIC's free breach scanner checks your email against more than 400 billion leaked records, including stealer logs like this one, so you can find out instantly and change any passwords you may have reused.