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lifehacker.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 affecting 1051 clients and 141 employees, primarily driven by 932 historical data breaches and 260 active infostealer logs. The timeline shows a notable increase in client-related events from September 2025 onwards, peaking in April 2026, with employee-related events also showing spikes in September 2025 and April 2026. Malware families associated with this activity include LummaC2, Rhadamanthys, Acreed, and Redline, suggesting a sophisticated threat actor. The primary leak repository sources are combolists, indicating credential stuffing or similar attacks. The majority of affected users are in the United States, followed by India and the Philippines. The risk score of 78 highlights a high level of concern. Given the high volume of data breaches and active infostealer logs, coupled with the presence of credential-harvesting malware, the priority should be on immediate incident response and containment. Focus remediation efforts on credential reset for all affected employees and clients, enhanced monitoring for anomalous access patterns, and a review of authentication mechanisms. The prevalence of Windows 11 and Windows 10 across affected systems necessitates targeted security patching and endpoint detection and response (EDR) deployment or tuning.

Total Events

1,192
credential exposure events

Employee Affected Events

141
account email domain = lifehacker.com

Client Affected Events

1,051
service target = lifehacker.com

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12-Month Events Timeline

Event volume by breach date, employee VS client

EmployeesClients
3002001000
peak month 266
Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jun 26

Infostealers VS Data Breaches

Live stealer logs VS data breaches

Infostealer logs
Events260
Share22%
Data breaches
Events932
Share78%
Infostealer logs (22%)
260events
Data breaches (78%)
932events

141 compromised employee accounts pose an infrastructure risk, while 1,051 leaked client credentials create regulatory liability.

Antivirus Distribution

Security Tools on Infected Endpoints

No Data Available

Malware Families Distribution

Distribution of Active Stealer Strains

LummaC255
Rhadamanthys33
Acreed21
Redline21
Millenium1

Top Login URLs

Top exposed services found in the event results

  1. 1lifehacker.com150
  2. 2https://lifehacker.com136
  3. 3https://lifehacker.com/83
  4. 4https://lifehacker.com/5055105/xvideoservicethief-downloads-video-from-over-50-sites72
  5. 5lifehacker.com/53
  6. 6https://www.lifehacker.com33
  7. 7https://lifehacker.com/home33
  8. 8https://lifehacker.com/login28
  9. 9lifehacker.com/home27
  10. 10https://shop.lifehacker.com/sign_in20

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.

United States
Events64
India
Events18
Philippines
Events8
China
Events8
Italy
Events5
Brazil
Events4
Egypt
Events3
United Kingdom
Events3

Country Breakdown

  1. 1United States64
  2. 2India18
  3. 3Philippines8
  4. 4China8
  5. 5Italy5
  6. 6Brazil4
  7. 7Egypt3
  8. 8United Kingdom3

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 1160
Windows 10 Pro (10.0.19045) x6422
Windows 11 Pro Insider Preview (10.0.26200) x6421
Windows 11 24H2 build 26100 (64 Bit)13
Windows 10 22H2 build 19045 (64 Bit)8

Leak Repository Classification

Where the exposed records currently reside

0
Named breaches
906
Combolist pools
26
Unattributed dumps

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