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elpais.com Domain Breach Exposure Report

Risk Score

High Risk

Massive event volume or critical assets compromised.

AI Findings Summary

Critical

The telemetry indicates a significant exposure event impacting elpais.com, with a total of 83,081 recorded events over the period from July 2025 to June 2026. The majority of these events, 85%, are classified as historical data breaches, while 15% are active infostealer logs. Notably, there were 82,433 client-related events and 648 employee-related events. The timeline shows a surge in employee-related events in January 2026, with 511 occurrences, and a consistent high volume of client events throughout the period, peaking in March 2026 with 19,757. Malware analysis reveals Redline and LummaC2 as the most prevalent families, accounting for 21% and 15.2% of infections respectively. The data breaches appear to originate primarily from combolist sources (99.2%). Given the high volume of data breaches and active infostealer logs, this poses a critical risk to the organization and its users. The prevalence of infostealers targeting credentials, coupled with the large number of historical data breaches, suggests a high likelihood of credential stuffing attacks and further account takeovers. The primary focus for remediation should be on strengthening authentication mechanisms, implementing robust data loss prevention strategies, and conducting thorough security audits to identify and patch vulnerabilities that may have led to these breaches. Prioritizing the investigation of the January 2026 employee-related events is crucial for understanding the initial compromise vector.

Total Events

83,081
credential exposure events

Employee Affected Events

648
account email domain = elpais.com

Client Affected Events

82,433
service target = elpais.com

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12-Month Events Timeline

Event volume by breach date, employee VS client

EmployeesClients
20,00013,3336,6670
peak month 19,757
Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jun 26

Infostealers VS Data Breaches

Live stealer logs VS data breaches

Infostealer logs
Events12,503
Share15%
Data breaches
Events70,578
Share85%
Infostealer logs (15%)
12,503events
Data breaches (85%)
70,578events

648 compromised employee accounts pose an infrastructure risk, while 82,433 leaked client credentials create regulatory liability.

Antivirus Distribution

Security Tools on Infected Endpoints

Windows Defender126
Windows Defender.20
Windows Defender VirusScan de McAfee8
Windows Defender McAfee7
Windows Defender Panda Dome5
Windows Defender 360 Total Security.3
Windows Defender Avast Antivirus.3
Kaspersky2
Windows Defender ESET Security2

Malware Families Distribution

Distribution of Active Stealer Strains

Redline2,620
LummaC21,895
Acreed969
Rhadamanthys869
Vidar670
RisePro310
StealC279
Millenium123
Blank Grabber69

Top Login URLs

Top exposed services found in the event results

  1. 1https://elpais.com/subscriptions/12,545
  2. 2elpais.com/subscriptions/7,580
  3. 3https://elpais.com5,484
  4. 4elpais.com5,256
  5. 5https://plus.elpais.com2,935
  6. 6plus.elpais.com2,790
  7. 7https://plus.elpais.com/registro/2,773
  8. 8elpais.com/subscriptions2,325
  9. 9plus.elpais.com/registro/2,148
  10. 10https://elpais.com/subscriptions1,961

Infostealer By Geography

Shows the distribution of Infostealer-related credential exposure events across different geographic regions. The location is determined by analyzing the metadata of the infected machines associated with each event.

Spain
Events3,845
Mexico
Events481
Argentina
Events420
Peru
Events390
Colombia
Events388
Brazil
Events378
Israel
Events288
United States
Events187

Country Breakdown

  1. 1Spain3,845
  2. 2Mexico481
  3. 3Argentina420
  4. 4Peru390
  5. 5Colombia388
  6. 6Brazil378
  7. 7Israel288
  8. 8United States187

Services Classification Distribution

Blast radius - closer to core = more critical infrastructure, size = credential volume

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Total

Operating System Distribution

Distribution of compromised endpoint builds

Windows 11979
Windows 10 Enterprise x64814
Windows 10 Home x64603
Windows 10458
Windows 10 Pro458

Leak Repository Classification

Where the exposed records currently reside

0
Named breaches
70,024
Combolist pools
554
Unattributed dumps

Disclaimer: This report includes AI-generated content. AI can make mistakes, so verify important findings independently before taking action.