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Malicious actors frequently set up phishing kits to harvest credentials. Poorly coded phishing kits sometimes save stolen data into a plain text file within the same web directory. If the operator forgets to disable directory indexing on their phishing server, security researchers (and rival actors) can find the harvested logs using these exact search terms. User Negligence