Your Hotmail Login May Be Among 2,217 Leaked Credentials

If you use a Hotmail address, this one's for you directly. A stealer log simply titled "hotmail.com" was uploaded to Telegram on June 19, 2025, and it contains 2,217 records tied specifically to Hotmail accounts.

Why This Is Dangerous

You might assume a leak this size wouldn't include you, but with only 2,217 records total, the odds that any one Hotmail user checks and finds nothing are honestly pretty good, wich is exactly the kind of false confidence that lets these leaks do damage. The only way to know for sure is to check.

What Was Exposed

• 2,217 individual records
• Email Addresses
• Plaintext Password
• URLs tied to each login

Why This Matters

If your email and password are in this file, an attacker doesn't need to hack anything to recieve access to your inbox, they just log in like you would. From there they can reset passwords on other accounts, read old emails, or lock you out of your own account entirely by changing the recovery details.

How Stealer Logs Work

Stealer malware doesn't discriminate by email provider, it just grabs whatever is saved in the browser it infects. In this case, whoever built the log filtered the results down to Hotmail addresses specifically, likely because targeted lists like this one sell better or spread faster among criminals looking for a particular type of victim.

Check If You Are Affected

Don't guess, check. HEROIC's free breach scanner lets you search your Hotmail address, or any email, against more than 400 billion leaked records imediately and completely free.