Exercise 3: One Account vs. Many Accounts, Same Source — Possible Solution ==================================================================== WHY THE TWO PATTERNS ARE TREATED DIFFERENTLY ------------------------------ Per this chapter's own warning box, "repeated failed logins for the same account from the same source usually just means someone forgot their password" - a routine, low-concern event. "Repeated failed logins across many different accounts from the same source is a genuinely different pattern... and worth escalating rather than treating as routine, even though both can look similar at a glance in a raw log." The chapter explicitly separates these two situations despite their surface-level resemblance (both are "repeated failed logins from one source"). WHAT EACH PATTERN MOST LIKELY INDICATES ------------------------------ Per this chapter: - Same account, same source, repeated failures: a legitimate user struggling with their own password - routine, per this chapter's own characterization. - Many different accounts, same source, repeated failures: "often credential stuffing or a brute-force attempt" - a real security concern, since one source systematically trying many different accounts is not something a legitimate single user forgetting their own password would ever produce. WHY THIS WORKS AS AN ANSWER ------------------------------ It correctly restates why these two patterns get different treatment despite looking similar in a raw log, and correctly names what each pattern most likely indicates - a forgotten password versus a credential-stuffing/brute-force attempt - directly per this chapter's own explanation.