Brute force attack

Cybersecurity Principles
Vocabulary Term #427
Noun (concept)
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Brute force attack
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a popular cracking technique using both "raw speed" and "trial-and-error" to guess a user's password
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"The computer hacker stole the server's password file and then used a brute force attack to crack the password encryption algorithm."
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