the password above is not exactly l33tsp34k as i know it and if i had to configure a password cracker
config file to attempt leetspeak cracking styles... i would not have guessed to match his style up.
it seems someone actually ran a gpu(s) password cracker for days on end.. if i had to guess.
i wonder what the time line is for that file being first noticed versus the file being in the wild for
anyone to get? Two weeks? 5 days? hmm
No, that's bullshit. That's the whole point I am trying to make here for weeks now. You should not assume that the attacker is stupid, if you want security.
Dictionary attack does not mean that the cracker uses the Oxford dictionary for English. They have password dictionaries, they are generated for that purpose and include much more than correctly spelled oxford words. And the tools can vary the words from the dictionary while testing by replacing letters by similar looking numbers and special chars.
Fact is: Your password was cracked within' a few days.