The NEVERHODE FREE Leak: 8,645 Passwords Exposed. Yours Might Be One.

On April 20, 2024, a Telegram user uploaded a file called 465 PCS - NEVERHODE FREE 20.04.24. It contained 8,645 records. Each one had an email address, a plaintext passowrd, and the URL of the service it belonged to. No encryption. No barrier. Just a working list of credentials anyone on that Telegram channel could download and use. If your email was in that file, your password was already in the hands of threat actors before you knew anything was wrong.

Why This Is Dangerous

The word FREE in the file name is not accidental -- it signals that these credentails were distributed at no cost, maximizing how widely the data spreads. Free stealer log dumps like this one get downloaded by dozens to hundreds of actors the moment they appear. Each one runs automated tools that test every email-password-URL triplet against real login pages. With 8,645 plaintext passwords in play, the attacks begin within minutes of the upload. There is no slow rollout, no limited distribution -- the moment it went live on Telegram, the exposure was total.

What Was Exposed

• Email Addresses
• Plaintext Passwords
• URLs (login pages and API hosts associated with each credential)

Why This Matters

8,645 exposed passwords sounds manageable until you consider what happens next. Attackers use credential stuffing tools to test each password across dozens of other platforms simultaneously -- banking apps, email providers, payroll portals, corporate VPNs. If you reused your password anywhere, a single device infection becomes a breach across every account you ever signed into with that password. The 465 source endpoints in this log represent 465 separate compromised devices, each one silently exfiltarted without the owner's knowledge.

How Stealer Log Breaches Work

Infostealer malware lands on a device through phishing links, fake software downloads, or malicious browser extensions. Once running, it scans for saved passwords in every browser and application on the machine, pairs each one with its URL, and bundles everything into a log file. That file is sent to the attacker, who consolidates logs from all their infected machines, gives the bundle a name like NEVERHODE FREE, and uploads it to Telegram. From there, it is downloaded freely and used in automated attacks against every service represented in the URL list.

Check If You Are Affected

HEROIC's free breach scanner checks your email against over 400 billion exposed records -- one of the most comprehensive breach databases available to consumers. If your credentials were in the NEVERHODE FREE dump or any other known stealer log, you will know immediately. Run your free scan now. 8,645 passwords are already out there. Do not wait to find out if yours is one of them.