When running Nikto, you have the ability to save all findings in
plaintext files by using the - Save option.
He then uses his private key to decrypt the file to get
the plaintext file.
Not exact matches
An analysis of a massive 8.8 GB trove of
files containing usernames and
plaintext passwords suggests hundreds of services may have experienced unreported or undiscovered data breaches.
It appears Mate1.com hosted the password
files in
plaintext without any hashing.
The data trove's «Dropbox»
file contains 18 million usernames plus
plaintext passwords.
For the bitcoin community it is the more relevant as both miners and wallet holders are often reported to store their access data in
plaintext configuration
files.