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techcrunch.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 techcrunch.com, with 7,547 historical data breaches and 1,144 active infostealer logs observed between July 2025 and June 2026. The majority of these events are linked to combolist sources (95.1%), suggesting credential stuffing or account takeover attempts targeting client accounts, which saw a substantial increase from January 2026 onwards. Malware families such as Redline, LummaC2, and Rhadamanthys are prevalent, indicating potential credential harvesting and data exfiltration activities. The primary targeted services are related to account creation, login, and password changes on techcrunch.com, with a notable concentration of activity originating from India and the United States.

Total Events

8,691
credential exposure events

Employee Affected Events

848
account email domain = techcrunch.com

Client Affected Events

7,843
service target = techcrunch.com

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12-Month Events Timeline

Event volume by breach date, employee VS client

EmployeesClients
2,5001,6678330
peak month 2,158
Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jun 26

Infostealers VS Data Breaches

Live stealer logs VS data breaches

Infostealer logs
Events1,144
Share13%
Data breaches
Events7,547
Share87%
Infostealer logs (13%)
1,144events
Data breaches (87%)
7,547events

848 compromised employee accounts pose an infrastructure risk, while 7,843 leaked client credentials create regulatory liability.

Antivirus Distribution

Security Tools on Infected Endpoints

Windows Defender29
Windows Defender.1
Windows Defender ‍.1

Malware Families Distribution

Distribution of Active Stealer Strains

Redline216
LummaC2144
Rhadamanthys103
Vidar85
Acreed70
StealC16
Raccoon12
X-Files11
Millenium11

Top Login URLs

Top exposed services found in the event results

  1. 1https://login.techcrunch.com/account/create1,349
  2. 2login.techcrunch.com996
  3. 3https://login.techcrunch.com980
  4. 4login.techcrunch.com/account/create941
  5. 5https://login.techcrunch.com/account/change-password769
  6. 6login.techcrunch.com/account/change-password746
  7. 7https://login.techcrunch.com/account/challenge/password294
  8. 8login.techcrunch.com/account/challenge/password183
  9. 9https://login.techcrunch.com/167
  10. 10https://apply.techcrunch.com/register131

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.

India
Events179
United States
Events77
Pakistan
Events59
Bangladesh
Events35
Egypt
Events23
Nigeria
Events23
Kenya
Events21
Indonesia
Events20

Country Breakdown

  1. 1India179
  2. 2United States77
  3. 3Pakistan59
  4. 4Bangladesh35
  5. 5Egypt23
  6. 6Nigeria23
  7. 7Kenya21
  8. 8Indonesia20

Services Classification Distribution

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

WordPress65
Citrix2
Microsoft2

Operating System Distribution

Distribution of compromised endpoint builds

Windows 10 Enterprise x64110
Windows 11106
Windows 1045
Windows 10 22H2 build 19045 (64 Bit)41
Windows 11 Pro36

Leak Repository Classification

Where the exposed records currently reside

0
Named breaches
7,180
Combolist pools
367
Unattributed dumps

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