If I enter a password wrong thrice, the system locks me out. How are hackers able to attempt millions of combinations of passwords without the system locking them out?

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If I enter a password wrong thrice, the system locks me out. How are hackers able to attempt millions of combinations of passwords without the system locking them out?

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Typing a username and password into the logon page of a website or app isn’t how brute force attacks can happen. Hackers can find vulnerabilities in back-end authentication services or APIs and hit those millions of times instead.

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