70,076 Stolen Passwords From the Wixele Dump Just Surfaced on Telegram

HEROIC analysts flagged a stealer log file posted to a public Telegram channel on January 20, 2025, uploaded by an anonymous user operating under the name Wixele. The file contained 70,076 records stripped from compromised endpoints, each one pairing an email address with a plaintext password and the URL of a service the victim had logged into. At over 70,000 records, this is a significant mass of immediately usable credentials handed directly to anyone who downloaded the file from Telegram.

Why This Is Dangerous

Seventy thousand plaintext passwords in a single file means attackers have a ready-made toolkit for account takeover. No decryption, no cracking, no additional steps. Each email and password pair can be fed directly into automated login tools that test credentials against banks, email providers, streaming platforms, and corporate portals. The inclusion of service URLs makes it even easier because attackers already know which sites each victim was using at the time their device was infected.

What Was Exposed

• Email Addresses
• Plaintext Passwords
• URLs (services and portals accessed by victims)

Why This Matters

A dataset of 70,076 records is large enough to power sustained credential stuffing campaigns across dozens of platforms simultaneously. Anyone in this dataset who reused their password on another site is at heightened risk of account takeover, financal fraud, and identity theft. Email addresses harvested from stealer logs also end up on persistent spam and phishing lists, so victoms continue receiving targeted attacks long after the original infection is removed from thier device.

How Stealer Log Leaks Work

Infostealer malware gets onto a victims device through phishing emails, fake software downloads, or compromised browser extensions. Once running, it silently harvests every password saved in browsers, monitors login activity in real time, and records the URLs of sites the user visits. All of that data is compressed into a log file and sent back to the attacker over the internet. The attacker packages these logs and distributes them through Telegram channels, where they can be downloaded for free or sold to other criminals. From infection to public leak can take as little as a few hours.

Check If You Are Affected

HEROIC offers a free dark web scanner backed by more than 400 billion leaked records, including large stealer log files like the Wixele upload from Telegram. If your email or password appeared in this dataset, the scanner will surface the match right away. Visit HEROIC's free breach checker now to find out if your credentials are already out there and in use by attackers.