The IT 6.25 Leak Exposed 13,702 Accounts in the United States

HEROIC analysts identified a combolist labeled IT 6.25 that a Telegram user uploaded, tied to a leak dated 18-Jan-2023. The file contains 13,702 records pairing email addresses with plaintext passwords, along with the URLs of the sites those credentials unlock, associated with accounts in the United States. | WHY THIS IS DANGEROUS: Because the passwords are stored in plaintext and each one is matched to a specific URL, an attacker can open the file and go straight to the exact login page a victim uses, entering the real email and password with no cracking or guesswork required. | WHAT WAS EXPOSED: Email addresses; plaintext passwords; URLs identifying which site each credential unlocks. | WHY THIS MATTERS: With 13,702 records in this file, attackers have enough volume to run automated login attempts across banking sites, email providers, and social platforms, a tactic known as credential stuffing. Anyone in this file who reuses a password on more than one account faces a real risk of account takeover, financial fraud, or identity theft. | HOW COMBOLISTS WORK: A combolist is a compiled file of email or username and password pairs, often assembled from multiple smaller breaches or stolen-credential sources over time and repackaged for resale or free distribution on Telegram channels and dark web forums. Older combolists like this one, first tied to a 2023 leak, continue to circulate because many people never change reused passwords. | CHECK IF YOU ARE AFFECTED: If you want to know whether your email appears in this combolist or any other leaked dataset, HEROIC's free breach scanner checks your information against a database of more than 400 billion leaked records. Run a free scan to see what may be exposed and what to change right away.