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An attack using every possible input to attempt to produce the correct output. Typically the method of last resort when no weakness allows the use of a more restricted input set. E.g. trying all possible (or likely) passwords, in an attempt to guess the correct one.

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How are GPUs used in brute force attacks?

I'm choosing to assume you're asking why it's a risk rather than how to hack. GPUs are very good at parallelising mathematical operations, which is the basis of both computer graphics and cryptograph …
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