> I wouldn't call that stealing. It is a forced refund.
If someone took money out of your pocket would you call it stealing? What if they gave it to someone else, like a past employer or your parents or a humanitarian organization?
By the way, you should check a dictionary. The definition of "stealing" is literally taking something away without permission.
Being in the possession of a password or key implies having permission to use that key. When generating a key you give everyone with access to that key the permission to use it to perform actions on your account.
If someone took money out of your pocket would you call it stealing? What if they gave it to someone else, like a past employer or your parents or a humanitarian organization?
By the way, you should check a dictionary. The definition of "stealing" is literally taking something away without permission.