Want to deter threat actors? Start by nullifying your data leaks.

This report outlines how external attackers leverage publicly available and leaked data — especially credentials, source code, and sensitive customer information — to infiltrate organizations, citing examples like the Target POS breach, Daimler/Mercedes source code exposure, and unsecured S3 buckets leaking Facebook user data; it stresses that rapid detection and takedown via continuous AI-driven monitoring (CloudSEK XVigil) can greatly reduce impact.