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Brute Force
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Another hackers' technique depends, once again, on human nature.
Chances are that the username and password at one site, is also valid for
another site. (You'd also be amazed at the stupid stuff which works
so often, such as admin / admin and test / test.) The "brute force"
hacker hits your members area over and over again, trying a different
password each time. It's pure luck to find one that works... but when
they get lucky, you lose money. You've been hacked.
If your passwords are unique - that is, no other sites use them -
and difficult to guess, brute force attempts will fail.
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