BREACH // NOIR

What it does

A free OSINT and password-security awareness game. Investigate fictional targets, learn how attackers actually guess passwords, and bring the lessons to your team, classroom, or IT security training.

Every dossier below belongs to a fictional target built from the same raw material real attackers use: public posts, leaked fragments, and the small habits people never think to hide. Spend Intel Credits to pull sources, watch your Exposure climb, and reconstruct a password before the target notices you. Everything above is one investigator's game — but the same case files double as a genuine OSINT training platform and a password security awareness game , built for anyone who wants the lesson to actually stick. If you're evaluating it for a group, see how teams run it as a security awareness training game , and check the pricing page for what's free forever versusfrom breachnoir.com

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