When an organization’s credentials are leaked, the immediate consequences are rarely visible”, but the long-term impact is far-reaching. Far from the cloak-and-dagger tactics seen in fiction, many real-world cyber breaches begin with something deceptively simple: a username and password.According to Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, leaked credentials accounted for 22% of breaches
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