💻 Hackers and threat actors regularly monitor paste sites and public repositories for exposed credentials, internal network details, and sensitive company information. Tools like PasteHunter, LeakLooker, and custom scrapers are used to automatically track keywords like “password,” “vpn,” or specific domain names. These pastes often originate from malware logs, misconfigured servers, or careless insiders. Once obtained, attackers use the data for credential stuffing, phishing, and lateral movement.
Ps: a lot of this sites are in the Dark Web