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Brute force attacks on a huge number of accounts on an online site?
That's only after they broke in.
So to be clear: the attackers logged into people's accounts, using those people's passwords that they stole from other sites, and then got access to those people's data and the data shared with those people.
I don't see how any of this is a hack. If you gave me your login and password, then I would be able to do the same thing. Is that hacking?
The "unauthorized access" portion is what makes it a hack. It's not a super technical hack, but it's a hack.
Ahhh, I always forget that use of the term. In that case yes.