Hotmail Channel Piece Public Leaked Exactly 386 Credentials

In late June 2025, HEROIC analysts spotted a combolist called Hotmail Channel Piece Public circulating on Telegram. The file contained 386 records pairing email addresses with plaintext passwords, along with URLs identifying the sites each login belonged to. The data was verified as of June 22, 2025.

Why a Hotmail-Focused List Raises the Stakes

The name of this file suggests the credentials inside are concentrated around Hotmail and related Microsoft accounts, which often serve as the recovery email for banking, shopping, and social media logins. Because the passwords are stored in plaintext, no cracking is needed. Anyone who obtains this file can try each pair immediately, and if a victim reused that password on other services, a single Hotmail login can become the key to their entire online identity.

What Was Exposed in Hotmail Channel Piece Public

• Email addresses
• Plaintext passwords
• URLs linked to each set of credentials

Why This Matters

Email accounts are the master key to most of a person's digital life, since they are used to reset passwords everywhere else. When a list like this is tested through automated credential stuffing tools against banking sites, shopping accounts, and social media, a single working match can lead to account takeover, identity theft, or financial fraud that starts well beyond the original inbox.

How a Combolist Like This Gets Put Together

A combolist is a compiled file of email and password pairs, typically gathered from older breaches, phishing campaigns, or stealer malware and then organized around a theme, in this case Hotmail accounts, before being shared or sold on Telegram. Grouping credentials by email provider makes it faster for a buyer to target a specific type of account, which is likely why this file was labeled the way it was.

Check If You Are Affected

If you use a Hotmail or Microsoft account and reuse its password anywhere else, this kind of leak is exactly the risk to watch for. HEROIC's free breach scanner checks your email against a database of more than 400 billion leaked records, including this one, so you can find out in seconds and change any exposed passwords before they are used against you.