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Usually a hash has certain identifiers that allow you to identify the type and whether it has a salt. For example, the bcrypt12 hash of the sentence "You're no
by sneakerblack 4y ago
Usually a hash has certain identifiers that allow you to identify the type and whether it has a salt.
For example, the bcrypt12 hash of the sentence "You're not getting the point"looks like this:
$2y$12$KXbMZhAsPe0z/SpMq2s8t.CtTod.DO3wvzdaJ8OKksTMm02AnCc4K
And an MD5 hash looks like this:
b508398861f7a6df90dd1b909b3dd998
A SHA-1 hash looks like this:
570df4d6bdb79757194b0e6d27d27cc35b3e8c96
> Why does he need to crack anything --- it sounds like he already has full access to my system?
They're not interested in access ingredients. They usually either break into a company's systems and extract the hashed and (hopefully) salted passwords or buy a hashed password dumb from places like breached.to or cracked.to, and formerly raidforums.com.
They don't need access to your computer. They want to get access to as many valuable websites as possible and sell those account or (in rare cases) extract personal information such as Credit Card details or PII used to impersonate you.