Search Your Email: The Mail Access 161 Hotmail Leak Is Live

In August 2025, HEROIC analysts found a combolist titled "MAIL ACCESS 161 HITS HOTMAIL MIX VALID 100" uploaded to Telegram. As the name suggests, the file contains 161 verified, working email and password pairs tied to Hotmail accounts. Why This Small Hotmail Leak Is Worth Checking The file's own name tells you what it is: 161 confirmed "hits," meaning the seller already tested these credentials and found them valid. That verification step is what makes this list dangerous. Nobody has to guess whether these logins work, they already do. What Was Exposed in This Leak Email addresses (Hotmail accounts) Plaintext passwords Associated website URLs Why This Matters A verified list like this one is more dangerous per record than an unverified dump of millions, because every entry is confirmed to work. If your Hotmail password shows up here and you have reused it elsewhere, an attacker can pivot from your inbox into your other accounts, resetting passwords and locking you out along the way. How "Valid" Combolists Like This Get Made Sellers who label a file "valid" or "hits" typically run large stolen credential lists through automated checker tools that confirm which logins still work, then repackage only the successful ones into a smaller, more valuable file. That is likely how this batch of 161 Hotmail accounts was produced and offered for sale or trade on Telegram. Search Your Email Now Because this file only contains confirmed working logins, checking your exposure matters even more. Search your email address using HEROIC's free breach scanner, which checks against more than 400 billion leaked records, to see if your Hotmail account is one of the 161 exposed here.