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  • People get your password by
    • Cracking a database
    • try out passwords until a hash matches up
    • try that password on other accounts
  • Hashcat
    • utilizes GPU
    • 10 billion hashes per second per gpu
    • 4 Titan X
  • different hash algorithms
    • MD5 (unsecure)
    • SHA-512 (better)
    • better hash takes longer
  • password cracking strategies
    • brute force
      • seven lower case letters in 1 second
      • characters ^ amount of characters
    • dictonary attack
      • common passwords
      • normal words
      • combinations
      • small changes (at to @)