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The passwords were md5 hashed and most likely broken using dictionary attack or brute forced with tools like hashcat. I forgot my password once, but I knew the
by free652 8y ago
The passwords were md5 hashed and most likely broken using dictionary attack or brute forced with tools like hashcat.
I forgot my password once, but I knew the general letters and it brute forced in a minute.
- dgzl 8y agoYeah weak hashes are easy to replicate, I was just laughing at the words they used.... Unscramble, like it's an encryption method or something.
- zaroth 8y agoIt sounded more like you were trying to discredit the report. The terms are well accepted laymen terms to use when talking about cracking passwords.
- ceejayoz 8y agoI'm perfectly comfortable with saying "unscramble" when talking about using a rainbow table to figure out the corresponding password for a MD5 hash. If I'm writing docs for MD5, that's one thing. General tech reporting? "Unscramble" is understandable to someone who's never had to implement a password hash, which is most of the populace.
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