Passwords.txt -

Modern security requirements are exhausting.

The existence of passwords.txt is ultimately a symptom of a problem that modern technology is trying to solve. Passwords vs. Pass Phrases - Coding Horror passwords.txt

To an attacker, passwords.txt is the golden snitch. Once they have a foothold on a machine, they don't need to brute force encryption; they just need to run a few simple commands. Modern security requirements are exhausting