T1589.001sub-technique of T1589 Gather Victim Identity Information

Credentials

PREnothing on this site yetT1589.001 on attack.mitre.org

Adversaries may gather credentials that can be used during targeting. Account credentials gathered by adversaries may be those directly associated with the target victim organization or attempt to take advantage of the tendency for users to use the same passwords across personal and business accounts. Adversaries may gather credentials from potential victims in various ways, such as direct elicitation via Phishing for Information.
MITRE ATT&CK 19.2, retrieved 2026-09-12

how MITRE says to see it

Detection of Credentials

Much of this activity may have a very high occurrence and associated false positive rate, as well as potentially taking place outside the visibility of the target organization, making detection difficult for defenders.

what reduces it

M1056 Pre-compromise. This technique cannot be easily mitigated with preventive controls since it is based on behaviors performed outside of the scope of enterprise defenses and controls. Efforts should focus on minimizing the amount and sensitivity of data available to external parties.

the rest of T1589

T1589.002 Email Addresses · not covered yet
T1589.003 Employee Names · not covered yet

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