1,288 Hotmail Logins Quietly Appeared on Telegram Channel

In January 2025, a stealer log named "HOTMAIL HITS NEO3690" quietly appeared on Telegram, uploaded by an anonymous user with no fanfare or announcement. HEROIC analysts caught it anyway. The file contained 1,288 records, including email addresses, plaintext passwords, and the URLs of the Hotmail login pages tied to each account, sitting there for anyone in the channel to grab.

Why This Hotmail Hits Leak Is Dangerous

Files like this don't come with warnings or press releases, they just show up. The label "hits" means these 1,288 logins were tested and confirmed to work before being posted, so anyone who finds this file has a ready-made list of working email and password combinations, no cracking or guessing required.

What Was Exposed

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

Why This Matters

Because Hotmail inboxes are often used to reset passwords for other accounts, a single compromised login here can open the door to broader account takeover. Anyone among the 1,288 affected who reused their password on other sites is also vulnerable to credential stuffing, where attackers quietly test the same email and password combination against banking, shopping, and social media accounts.

How Stealer Logs Work

Stealer logs come from malware that silently infects a device and copies whatever is saved in the browser, including usernames, passwords, and the sites they belong to, before sending it all back to the attacker. These files often surface without warning on Telegram channels, exactly like this one, making ongoing monitoring the only way to catch them early.

Check If You Are Affected

Leaks like this can sit unnoticed for a while before anyone realizes their information is exposed. 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 right away and change your password before it's used against you.