: how can brute forcing password still exist if sites lock the account after several failed attempts?

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: how can brute forcing password still exist if sites lock the account after several failed attempts?

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Answer 1

hackers steal the password hashed, then try out all the combinations on their own computer to decrypt it. then they enter the decrypted password.

how long will that take, 10 minutes, a year or practically forever depends on your selection of the password.