password leak
Stolen login disclosure
A password leak is the unauthorized exposure of passwords, typically when a company's database is breached and user credentials become publicly accessible.
Leaked passwords often circulate on the dark web or in data dumps, enabling identity theft and account takeovers: Check if your email appears in any known password leaks.
The term also covers accidental exposure, as when credentials are visible in screenshots or code repositories.
- breachBreaking of agreement
- data breachUnauthorized access to protected information
- hackShortcut or breach
- exposedOut in open
- dataFacts for analysis
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- cyberattacksmalware, phishing, ransomware, hack, virus
password leakpassword protection
Authentication via secret code
data encryption · data protection · information security · password safety · access control
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