• @doppelgangmember@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    So they brute forced the login?

    No request limiting?

    Wtf

    Edit: yeah it’s just a brute force. That’s fuckn embarrassing “Credential Stuffing is a subset of the brute force attack category. Brute forcing will attempt to try multiple passwords against one or multiple accounts; guessing a password, in other words. Credential Stuffing typically refers to specifically using known (breached) username / password pairs against other websites.”

    • @spookedbyroaches@lemm.ee
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      109 months ago

      Just because this method is a subset of the brute force attack doesn’t mean that they don’t have request limiting. They are reusing known breached passwords from other platforms, which makes it basically a guarantee that they will get the right password if they don’t use a password manager. Their computer systems are secure, it’s just their business model that’s a privacy nightmare.

    • @PixxlMan@lemmy.world
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      According to the quote they would’ve used breached passwords. You don’t know anything about request limiting. It wasn’t just randomly entering passwords unrestricted, as per your own quote.

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      9 months ago

      Limits aren’t a concern if you’re controlling a bunch of zombies. The big guys usually have thousands if not hundreds of thousands of 'em.