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wikimedia.org 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 Wikimedia.org, with a total of 143,034 events recorded between July 2025 and June 2026. The majority of these events, 76.8%, are historical data breaches, and 23.2% are active infostealer logs. A substantial number of client accounts, 142,390, and 644 employee accounts were involved. The timeline shows a notable increase in client-related events starting in March 2026, coinciding with a rise in employee account involvement in January 2026. Malware families such as Rhadamanthys, LummaC2, and Acreed are prominently featured in the infostealer logs. The data breaches appear to originate from "Combolist sources" (99.6%), suggesting credential stuffing or similar attacks leveraging previously compromised credentials. Targeted services include Wikimedia Commons and authentication endpoints, indicating potential attempts to gain unauthorized access to user accounts or content.

Total Events

143,034
credential exposure events

Employee Affected Events

644
account email domain = wikimedia.org

Client Affected Events

142,390
service target = wikimedia.org

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12-Month Events Timeline

Event volume by breach date, employee VS client

EmployeesClients
40,00026,66713,3330
peak month 36,751
Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jun 26

Infostealers VS Data Breaches

Live stealer logs VS data breaches

Infostealer logs
Events33,166
Share23%
Data breaches
Events109,868
Share77%
Infostealer logs (23%)
33,166events
Data breaches (77%)
109,868events

644 compromised employee accounts pose an infrastructure risk, while 142,390 leaked client credentials create regulatory liability.

Antivirus Distribution

Security Tools on Infected Endpoints

Windows Defender924
Windows Defender.71
Windows Defender Quick Heal Total Security26
Windows Defender Seqrite Endpoint Security18
Windows Defender ESET Security16
Windows Defender McAfee VirusScan13
McAfee VirusScan10
Windows Defender ESET Security.9
Malwarebytes7

Malware Families Distribution

Distribution of Active Stealer Strains

Rhadamanthys4,515
LummaC23,916
Acreed3,253
Vidar3,136
Redline2,691
Millenium439
Remus395
RisePro321
StealC238

Top Login URLs

Top exposed services found in the event results

  1. 1https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php17,175
  2. 2commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php12,298
  3. 3commons.wikimedia.org8,100
  4. 4https://commons.wikimedia.org7,899
  5. 5https://auth.wikimedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php5,670
  6. 6https://auth.wikimedia.org/enwiki/wiki/Special:CreateAccount5,038
  7. 7https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php4,406
  8. 8https://auth.wikimedia.org3,141
  9. 9commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php3,128
  10. 10auth.wikimedia.org2,609

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
Events3,399
United States
Events1,212
Bangladesh
Events952
Egypt
Events764
Brazil
Events751
Pakistan
Events719
Indonesia
Events706
Vietnam
Events553

Country Breakdown

  1. 1India3,399
  2. 2United States1,212
  3. 3Bangladesh952
  4. 4Egypt764
  5. 5Brazil751
  6. 6Pakistan719
  7. 7Indonesia706
  8. 8Vietnam553

Services Classification Distribution

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

WordPress11
Okta10
Zendesk5

Operating System Distribution

Distribution of compromised endpoint builds

Windows 113,270
Windows 11 24H2 build 26100 (64 Bit)1,650
Windows 10 22H2 build 19045 (64 Bit)1,619
Windows 101,496
Windows 10 Pro1,318

Leak Repository Classification

Where the exposed records currently reside

0
Named breaches
109,419
Combolist pools
449
Unattributed dumps

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