If an attacker stole a password file that contained one-way encrypted passwords, what type of attack would she perform to find the encrypted passwords?

A.
Man-in-the-middle attack

B.
Birthday attack

C.
Denial of service attack

D.
Dictionary attack

Explanation:
A dictionary attack is carried out by comparing a captured password
against a list of commonly used words. The list is usually fed into a dictionary
attacking tool.