# How the Naz.API Breach Became a Comedy of Errors (and Horror)

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/how-the-naz-api-breach-became-a-comedy-of-errors-and-horror/306804>\
**Category:** News & Articles\
**Tags:** hacking, privacy, data-recovery\
**Created:** [June 18, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-the-naz-api-breach-became-a-comedy-of-errors-and-horror/306804 "2025-06-18T00:22:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![SRZ](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/srz/32/146132_2.png) [@SRZ](https://onehack.st/u/SRZ)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-the-naz-api-breach-became-a-comedy-of-errors-and-horror/306804/1 "2025-06-18T00:22:56Z")

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### 🎯 One-Line Summary

Massive data breach ➜ 70+ million accounts leaked ➜ Hackers play dress-up with your logins ➜ Honeypots track every dumb move.

 ![image](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/e/2/e2e2e51283b69ed334ad6e859eab2cb777cd871d.jpeg)

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### 🧨 What Happened?

A data leak called the **Naz.API breach** exposed over **70 million user credentials** , including email addresses and passwords. Think of it like a Black Friday sale — but for hackers.

**Where it showed up?**

- On Telegram
- Hidden in shady “combo lists”
- Later added to [Have I Been Pwned](https://haveibeenpwned.com/) (HiBP)
- Emails like `example@mail.com` were tied to sites like **[zeeroq.com](http://zeeroq.com)** — many of which are now dead or abandoned.

> I checked and found **[zeeroq.com](http://zeeroq.com)** no longer even loads. Like most of the sites in the breach, it’s vanished into the cyber-graveyard.

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### 🕵️‍♂️ How to Search If You’re in the Leak

You don’t need a hacker toolkit. Just follow this:

#### Method 1: Quick Email Check

Use:

- [Have I Been Pwned](https://haveibeenpwned.com/)
- [Dehashed.com](https://www.dehashed.com/) _(create account)_

#### Method 2: Search Specific Breach (Naz.API)

1. Visit: [https://search.illicit.services](https://search.illicit.services) or [https://search.0t.rocks](https://search.0t.rocks)
2. Enter your **email** or **username**
3. It tells you where your account leaked and sometimes the **plain-text password**

> If you’re lucky, it’s just an old site. If you’re unlucky, it’s your current Netflix login. Oops.

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### 🐭 Behind the Curtain: What Attackers Do With These Leaks

After a breach:

1. **They grab the leaked combo lists**  
Like a buffet of email:password combos

2. **They run automated bots**  
These try logging in to Facebook, Gmail, Amazon…  
It’s called **credential stuffing**.

3. **They get in?**  
Boom. They change recovery emails and lock you out.

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### 🧪 The Funny (and Sad) Experiment: Honeypots

Researchers set traps called **honeypots** — fake login pages with fake credentials (but realistic).

> It’s like leaving a “Free iPhone” sign in the forest and hiding behind a tree with a camera.

#### What They Found:

- **95% of logins were from automated bots**
- Attacks started **within minutes** of leak appearance
- Most login attempts were **blind stuffing** — just testing combos anywhere

#### Wild Stuff:

- Attackers tried logging into **email inboxes** , **LinkedIn** , **banks** , even **smart fridges**
- Some even **reused the stolen credentials in new leaks**

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### 🚨 Big Warnings

- **Don’t reuse passwords. Ever.**
- If your email is public, assume it’s been leaked.
- **2FA is your friend.** Seriously.

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### 🛠 Bonus Tool: Find What Site You Were Breached From

If your password is in Naz.API, you might wonder _“Where did it come from?”_

Try this trick:

1. Go to: [https://pwndb2am4tzkvold.onion](https://pwndb2am4tzkvold.onion) _(Tor Browser only)_
2. Type your email
3. It shows **source** , **password** , and even **password hints** (if leaked)

> Not recommended unless you know what you’re doing. Dark web and all.

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### 🎭 Final (That’s Not Really a Joke)

Your password was:

> `12345678`

And someone tried it on:

> Gmail, Netflix, Uber, your cat’s Instagram, and your office login.

Because you used it **everywhere**.

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### Too Long; Didn’t Read

- Naz.API leaked 70+ million emails and passwords
- Attackers pounced like flies on sugar
- Honeypots proved how dumb and fast credential abuse really is
- Your safest move? Change your passwords, use a password manager, and stop pretending “password123” is a good idea

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