Question

An attacker may use automatic brute forcing tool to compromise your ____________

(a) username

(b) employee ID

(c) system / PC name

(d) password

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Answer 1

Correct option is (d) password

The explanation is: In most of the cases, the attacker uses automated brute force tools for compromising your PIN or password. This makes fetching of your password easier by a combination of different letters as a trial-and-error approach.