the.com/stolen data
someone else's secrets, now living rent-free in a stranger's spreadsheet.
means information taken without permission, usually copied rather than removed, which is exactly why victims don't notice fast enough.
from the phrase scales with computing itself: as records moved from filing cabinets to databases, theft stopped needing a crowbar and started needing a password guess.
nothing goes missingoriginals stay put, copies leave undetected
resale marketbreached credentials trade for cents on forums
average detection timeoften months, sometimes discovered by others first
biggest sourcethird-party vendors, not the target itself