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Breached Password Test: Free Password Check

Do employees open your network to cybercriminals by using hacked passwords?

The Breached Password Test (BPT) helps organizations detect compromised passwords currently in use within Active Directory. By identifying credentials exposed in public data breaches, security teams can reduce account takeover risk and prevent attackers from exploiting reused or leaked passwords.

How Vulnerable Is Your Organization to Compromised Passwords?

Breached Password Test

A whopping 25% of employees are using the same password for all logins. What if that password is available on the dark web? A massive amount of passwords are compromised due to data breaches and used by cybercriminals for attacks. Are any hacked passwords in use within your organization?

Using breached passwords puts your network at risk. Password policies often do not prevent employees using known bad passwords. Making your users frequently change their passwords isn’t a good solution either. It only takes one compromised password match for the bad guys to gain access.

KnowBe4’s free NEW Breached Password Test (BPT) checks to see if your users are currently using passwords that are in publicly available breaches associated with your domain. BPT checks against your Active Directory and reports compromised passwords in use right now so that you can take action immediately!

Here's how Breached Password Test works:

  • Checks to see if your company domains have been part of a data breach that included passwords
  • Checks to see if any of those breached passwords are currently in use in your Active Directory
  • Does not show/report on the actual passwords of accounts
  • Just download the install and run it
  • Results in a few minutes!

Find out now which users are using hacked passwords!

Requirements: Active Directory, Windows 10 or later (32- or 64-bit), Windows Server 2016 or later.

NOTE: All analysis is performed locally. No passwords are transmitted, stored externally, or disclosed, ensuring full confidentiality during testing.

Breached Password Test FAQs

What is a breached password?

A breached password is a password that has been exposed in a public data breach. Cybercriminals often use these leaked credentials in credential stuffing and account takeover attacks, especially when employees reuse passwords across multiple accounts.

How do I know if my organization is using compromised passwords?

You can use a breached password scanning tool like KnowBe4’s Breached Password Test to check whether passwords exposed in public breaches are currently in use within your Active Directory environment. This allows you to identify and remediate compromised credentials quickly.

Does the Breached Password Test expose actual user passwords?

No. The Breached Password Test does not reveal, display, or transmit actual passwords. The analysis is performed locally, and no confidential credential data leaves your network.

How does the Breached Password Test work with Active Directory?

The Breached Password Test scans your Active Directory accounts and compares password hashes against publicly available breached password datasets. It identifies accounts using exposed credentials so security teams can take immediate corrective action.

Why aren’t password policies alone enough to prevent breached password use?

Traditional password policies (such as complexity rules or forced resets) do not always prevent employees from reusing passwords that have already been exposed in past breaches. Without checking against known compromised password datasets, organizations may unknowingly allow risky credentials to remain in use.

How often should organizations check for breached passwords?

Organizations should check for compromised passwords regularly, especially after major public data breaches or as part of ongoing credential hygiene efforts. Continuous monitoring helps reduce the risk of account takeover and credential-based attacks.
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