Your Password Could Be in the ‘text’ File: 95 Accounts Exposed

In July 2026, HEROIC analysts found a small Telegram upload, generically named text, containing 95 records of email addresses, plaintext passwords, and the URLs those credentials were used on. Small file size does not mean small risk. Every account in this list is just as exposed as one in a breach involving millions. Why is this dangerous? The passwords in this file are stored in plaintext, so anyone who downloads it can read and use them immediately. Combined with the matching email address and the site the credentials were tied to, an attacker has a direct path to log into an account without any additional effort. What was exposed: email addresses, plaintext passwords, and URLs linked to each credential pair. Why this matters: small combolists like this are frequently merged into larger collections and recirculated for months or years after the original upload. If your password shows up in a file like this, it could still be used against you long after the initial leak, especially if you have not changed it since. How this combolist was built: combolists pair a username or email address with a password, usually collected from older breaches, phishing sites, or malware-infected devices, then compiled into a simple text file for distribution. Generic file names like text are common when the uploader is testing a channel or has not bothered to label the data more specifically. Check if you are affected: even a small leak is worth checking. HEROIC's free breach scanner compares your email address against more than 400 billion exposed records, including small combolists like this one, so you can confirm your exposure and change any passwords still in use.