Rambler.ru Uploaded by a Telegram User: 178 Plaintext Logins

HEROIC analysts identified a combolist file uploaded to Telegram on 12 June 2026, targeting rambler.ru accounts. The file contained 178 records pairing email addresses with plaintext passwords, along with associated URLs tied to the accounts. This is a small dataset, but every record in it is a ready-to-use login for a rambler.ru account.

Why This Is Dangerous

Because the passwords in this file are plaintext, no cracking is needed to use them. Anyone with the file can immediately try each email and password pair against rambler.ru or any other site where the same credentials might be reused, with nothing standing in the way.

What Was Exposed

• Email addresses
• Plaintext passwords
• Associated account URLs

Why This Matters

People frequently reuse the same password across email, banking, and social accounts. Attackers take leaked pairs like these and run them against other services through credential stuffing. If a password is reused, a single small leak like this one can lead to account takeover, identity theft, or financial fraud far beyond the original rambler.ru account.

How Combolist Leaks Work

A combolist is a compiled text file of email and password pairs gathered from earlier breaches, phishing attacks, or malware infections, then packaged together and shared on platforms like Telegram. It does not require hacking rambler.ru directly. It only requires collecting already-stolen credentials tied to the service and repackaging them, which is why these files can circulate with little detail about their true origin.

Check If You Are Affected

If you use rambler.ru or any similar service and want to know if your credentials are exposed, HEROIC's free breach scanner checks your email against a database of more than 400 billion leaked records and tells you in seconds what to do next.