Why is a password with both numbers and letters stronger than one with only letters? Attackers will include numbers in their brute force attempts anyway, so how does it make a difference?

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Why is a password with both numbers and letters stronger than one with only letters? Attackers will include numbers in their brute force attempts anyway, so how does it make a difference?

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Answer 1

A brute force attack won’t just go through all possible combinations randomly. They start with lists of common passowrds, move on to dictionary words, word combos, random letters, random letters + 1 number, etc.