An alert is issued from the SIEM that indicates a large number of failed logins for the same account name on one of the application servers starting at 10:20 a.m. No other significant failed login activity is detected. Using Splunk to search for activity pertaining to that account name, a security analyst finds the account has been authenticating successfully for some time and started to fail this morning. The account is attempting to authenticate from an internal server that is running a database to an application server. No other security activity is detected on the network. The analyst discovers the account owner is a developer who no longer works for the company. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the failed login attempts for that account?

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An alert is issued from the SIEM that indicates a large number of failed logins for the same account name on one of the application servers starting at 10:20 a.m. No other significant failed login activity is detected. Using Splunk to search for activity pertaining to that account name, a security analyst finds the account has been authenticating successfully for some time and started to fail this morning. The account is attempting to authenticate from an internal server that is running a database to an application server. No other security activity is detected on the network. The analyst discovers the account owner is a developer who no longer works for the company. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the failed login attempts for that account?