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________ is a password-cracking method wherein the attacker compares passwords to lists of common words.

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Hi!

When someone repeatedly compares passwords to lists of common words, this is known as the dictionary attack.

We call it this because they are literally using a dictionary to attack you!

Hopefully, this helps! =)
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