In plain English
This status means the password's secrecy has been lost. Someone who was not allowed to know it has learned it or gotten hold of it.
In context
Here, it communicates that the password may no longer be secret because an unauthorized person may have learned or obtained it elsewhere.
- Situation
- Responding to phishing, suspicious activity, fraud, and compromise alerts
- What it communicates
- states that the password may have been revealed elsewhere.
Meaning limits
By itself, this status does not say how the password became known or what anyone has done with it.
Examples
“Sending the password to the wrong person made it an exposed password.”
“If a neighbour may have seen it on the envelope, treat it as an exposed password.”