noun🔗ShareWörterbuchangriffAn attack that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try and guess passwords or decryption keys"The hacker used a dictionary attack to try and guess the password for my email account, hoping it was a common word. "Der Hacker verwendete einen Wörterbuchangriff, um zu versuchen, das Passwort für mein E-Mail-Konto zu erraten, in der Hoffnung, dass es ein gebräuchliches Wort war.computinginternettechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading