• Kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    19 days ago

    I imagine they write a very common password and between the hundreds of potential victims there will be someone who actually uses it

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      19 days ago

      They can also pull from breach lists. If xyz hacker posts a list of email and passwords online you’ve got a pretty good starting point.

    • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
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      19 days ago

      Think 10s of thousands, and yeah, that was my presumption. I don’t use anything that looks remotely like a word or phrase anymore. Not for a long time. But I bet there are people out there, bless them, that do. And those are the marks these scammers are looking for.