13,866 Jornal.US User Accounts Compromised in Database Breach

HEROIC found: On August 26, 2018, the Jornal.US database was breached, exposing 13,866 records containing email addresses and plaintext passwords from registered users of the bilingual news platform.

Why the Jornal.US Breach Is Dangerous

Jornal.US is a bilingual Spanish and Portuguese online news community whose users trusted the platform with their credentials. When a database breach exposes plaintext passwords, every account that reuses that password across other services becomes an immediate target for attackers performing credential stuffing attacks at scale.

What Was Exposed in the Jornal.US Leak

• Email addresses
• Plaintext passwords

Why This Jornal.US Data Puts You at Risk

Plaintext passwords stolen in database breaches like the Jornal.US leak are immediately usable without any cracking. Cybercriminals run automated credential stuffing attacks against email, banking, and social media platforms using stolen login pairs. If you used the same password on Jornal.US as on any other service, those accounts are at risk right now.

How Database Breaches Happen

Database breaches occur when attackers exploit vulnerabilities in web applications, misconfigured servers, or stolen administrative credentials to access a site's backend database. Once inside, they extract user records in bulk. Breached databases containing plaintext passwords give attackers immediate access to stolen credentials without additional effort, unlike properly hashed passwords that require cracking.

Check If Your Data Was Exposed

HEROIC operates one of the world's largest breach databases, covering more than 400 billion leaked records. Use HEROIC's free breach scanner to check if your email address or credentials appeared in the Jornal.US leak or thousands of other breaches in our database.