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What are bruce force attacks?

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Jarret Bosco


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Thomas Draper

Hi, Brute Force attacks are a type of attack where you try every possible combination of characters possible until you crack the password. These attacks are very inefficient as the longer the password is, it exponentially increases the time to guess the password.

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