Has anyone here actually fallen for a honeypot trap? Share your story! or How effective are honeypot

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Oh man, I totally fell for a honeypot trap once. Was poking around a sketchy-looking "admin portal" I found during a pentest. Thought I hit the jackpot with default creds... until I realized the "database" was full of nonsense data and my IP got logged.

Felt like an idiot, but hey, lesson learned! Now I always double-check with tools like CanaryTokens or Thinkst Canaries to spot decoys.

Anyone else use those?

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