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by icebraining 3101 days ago
How can the pass be correct if the username isn't? A password is only correct in the context of a specific account.
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The password may be correct for the user (who is a person, and has a password for that service).

Of course the person may have multiple user accounts and he may have given the "wrong" password for the "right" username account, but he may also have given the "right" password for the "wrong" username.