SMF Fresh Checked Hotmails Leak Put 113 Verified Logins Online

HEROIC analysts found a combolist called SMF Fresh Checked Hotmails, uploaded to a Telegram channel on February 21, 2025. The file contains 113 records pairing Hotmail email addresses with plaintext passwords and the URLs confirming each login works, with "fresh checked" signaling the credentials were recently verified before being shared.

Why This Is Dangerous

A "fresh checked" label means someone already tested these logins and confirmed they work right now, not months ago. Paired with plaintext passwords, that makes every one of these 113 accounts immediately accessible to anyone who downloads the file, with no guesswork about whether the credentials are still valid.

What Was Exposed

• Email addresses
• Plaintext passwords
• Associated URLs

Why This Matters

Because Hotmail accounts are often the recovery email for banking, shopping, and social media logins, gaining access to even one inbox can let an attacker reset passwords across several unrelated services. That chain effect is how a small, freshly verified list like this one leads to account takeover, financial fraud, and identity theft.

How Combolists Work

A combolist compiles email or username and password pairs, usually gathered from stealer logs or older breaches, into a file criminals can act on immediately. Sellers who label a list "fresh checked" have run each credential through a checker tool to confirm it currently logs in successfully, which raises the price and the danger compared to an unverified dump of the same size.

Check If You Are Affected

Even at 113 records, if your Hotmail account is one of them, the risk is real and immediate. HEROIC's free breach scanner checks your email against a database of more than 400 billion leaked records, including combolists like this one, so you can find out right away and change your password before it is exploited.