Eli5 How companies Discover if Your Password has Been Leaked

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When a company wants to check if your password has been leaked, it can use a special database that lists all of the known password leaks that have happened in the past. These databases are maintained by organizations that track online security and privacy issues. If your password appears in one of these databases, it means that it has been leaked at some point in the past.

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