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[–] kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months 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 4 points 3 months 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.