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A cybersecurity team is analyzing two separate attack attempts on their online platform. In the first attack, the attacker uses a list of previously leaked usernames and passwords from a different service to try accessing accounts on the platform. In the second attack, the attacker systematically tries a set of the most commonly used passwords across a wide range of user accounts on the platform without any prior knowledge of the users' actual passwords.

Based on these scenarios, which statement correctly distinguishes the second attack from the first?

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The second attack is an example of password spraying because it uses commonly used passwords across many accounts without prior credential information

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The second attack is an example of credential stuffing because it uses known credentials to access multiple accounts

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The second attack is an example of a brute force attack because it attempts every possible password combination

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The second attack is an example of a man-in-the-middle attack because it intercepts and alters communication between users and the platform

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