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An attacker tries the password "Autumn2026!" against several thousand accounts, one attempt each. Which attack is this, and why does it work?

• Attacks
• Identity

1. Credential stuffing; the credentials came from another breach
2. Offline cracking; the hashes were stolen first
3. A dictionary attack; the password is a known word
4. Password spraying; it stays under per-account lockout thresholds

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