password breach
Stolen login exposure
A password breach is an incident in which passwords are exposed to unauthorized parties, typically through hacking, data theft, or security failures.
Companies announce breaches when their user databases are compromised: The password breach affected millions of accounts.
After a breach, users are urged to change passwords on any site where they used the same credentials.
- hackShortcut or breach
- leakEscape through a breach
- securityProtection from threat
- stolenTaken unlawfully
- compromisedMade vulnerable to harm
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- information breachesdata leak, information leak, leak, classified leak, document leak
- cyber threatsmalware, phishing, hacking, virus, ransomware
- cyberattacksmalware, phishing, ransomware, hack, virus
- Security Attackshacking, intrusion, phishing, spoofing, brute force
password breachaccount security
Safeguards for user profiles
data security · data protection · access control · secure login · identity verification
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