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ZacQuicksilver t1_iuen4c3 wrote

Reply to comment by Pocok5 in ELI5 how can a hacker crack a password but avoid the "login attempt lockout" timers? by otherother_Barry

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While some password hacks do go through the front end of the system; that usually doesn't work because of the account timeouts. Instead, most password hacks happen when a hacker gets hold of a website's password database. Given the database, a hacker can brute-force password guesses on their own computer without needing to deal with the front end.

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