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Yes, that might be a plausible theory. Basically a bad yersion of you must change your password.
It would be better if the login flow said something like
instead of me being puzzled why my password doesn't work.
except now anyone guessing your password knows when they guess your password right? while that site is safe most users use the same password and any site they use with the same email is now vulnerable.
Yes... but your credentials are already for sale in the darknet
Only the hash, not the password
I mean they can guess the password you used previously that no longer works...?