Which of the following best explains how devices and information can be susceptible to unauthorized access due to weak passwords used? 1. Unauthorized individuals can deny service by overwhelming the system with login attempts. 2. Unauthorized individuals can exploit vulnerabilities in compression algorithms to determine a user's password from their decompressed data. 3. Unauthorized individuals can exploit vulnerabilities in encryption algorithms to determine a user's password from their encryption key. 4. Unauthorized individuals can use data mining and other techniques to guess a user's password.
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