A user was recently a victim of a brute force attack on an email account. This is considered which of the following security threats?
A) Social engineering
B) Shoulder surfing
C) Phishing
D) Password cracking

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A brute force attack is a method used to crack passwords by systematically trying every possible combination until the correct one is found, which falls under password cracking.

A User Was Recently a Victim of a Brute Force