The GhostHex1 Url1 Data Quietly Surfaced on the Dark Web This Month

HEROIC analysts found a combolist file named GhostHex1 Url1 circulating on a Telegram channel on July 13, 2026. Unlike a major corporate breach announced with a press release, this one appeared quietly, a plain text file uploaded and shared among smaller accounts, containing 158,775 records of email addresses, plaintext passwords, and the URLs those logins belonged to. Why This Is Dangerous: The scale here is what makes this notable. With over 158,000 working email and password pairs available in readable text, this file gives attackers a large, ready-made list to test against popular websites immediately, no decryption or extra effort needed. What Was Exposed: - Email addresses - Plaintext passwords - Associated login URLs Why This Matters: A list this size is valuable to attackers precisely because it is quiet. Small, unannounced leaks like this often go unnoticed by the people affected, giving criminals a longer window to attempt credential stuffing before anyone changes their passwords. If your email and password combination is reused anywhere else, this file could be the key that unlocks another one of your accounts, leading to account takeover, financial fraud, or identity theft. How Combolist Leaks Work: A combolist compiles usernames or emails with matching passwords, typically pulled from earlier breaches, malware logs, or previous leak files, then repackaged and redistributed on platforms like Telegram. Attackers run bulk login attempts against hundreds of sites at once, keeping any account that lets them in. Check If You Are Affected: With 158,775 records in this file alone, the odds that your email address is included are real. HEROIC's free breach scanner checks your email against more than 400 billion leaked records, including this one, so you can find out immediately and secure any account that may be exposed.