Breached Password Functionality

Overview

This article describes the expected system outcomes and error messages associated with the Attack Protection feature, specifically Breached Password Detection. 

Applies To
  • Attack Protection

  • Breached Password Detection

Solution
  • Once Breached Password Detection is successfully configured, the following outcomes occur:

    • If an attempt is made to create a user from the Dashboard with a breached password, the action fails and an error message is displayed.

      • A user cannot be created with a breached password from the Dashboard. If this is attempted, an error message is displayed.

        • Error! PasswordBreachedError: Password is part of a known breached credentials dataset

    Dashboard error

    • If an attempt is made to create a user from the Management API with a breached password, the API returns the following error:

    {
      "statusCode": 400,
      "error": "Bad Request",
      "message": "PasswordBreachedError: Password is part of a known breached credential dataset"
    }
    • If a user attempts to sign up from the Universal Login with a breached password, a warning is displayed, and the account creation is prevented.

      • This combination of credentials was detected in a public data breach on another website. Before your account is created, please use a different password to keep it secure

    Breached password error

    • If a user attempts to change their password to a known breached password, the same error as user creation is displayed.

    • If the Tenant Admin attempts to change a password to a known breached password, an error is displayed.

      • Error! PasswordBreachedError: Password is part of a known breached credentials dataset

    Change Password error

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