I guess some cripto nut to have that kind of money lol was able to chain 4 4090's together and within 48 mins crack Microsoft's latest password security. 8 of them even fast still lol.
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Why it matters: Security researcher and password cracker Sam Croley posted benchmarks highlighting the RTX 4090's password-cracking muscle. Nvidia's newest flagship GPU shattered the RTX 3090's previous benchmark records and doubled performance across almost every algorithm tested. The cracked passwords adhered to security best practices and included random letter cases, symbols, and numbers.
According to Croley's tweet, the mammoth GPU was tested against Microsoft's well-known New Technology LAN Manager (
NTLM) authentication protocol as well as the
Bcrypt password-hacking function. All of the tests were conducted using
Hashcat v6.2.6 in benchmark mode. Hashcat is a well-known and widely used password-cracking tool used by system administrators, cybersecurity professionals, and cybercriminals to test or guess user passwords."
Just the kinda news we all need lol.
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Based on the benchmark findings, a fully outfitted password hashing rig with eight
RTX 4090 GPUs would have the computing power to cycle through all 200 billion iterations of an eight-character password in 48 minutes. The sub-one-hour result is 2.5 times faster than the RTX 3090's previous record. Both benchmark measurements were conducted using only commercially available GPU hardware and related software.
The Hashcat software provides several attack types designed to facilitate password recovery assistance or, depending on the user, unauthorized access to another's accounts. These
attack types include dictionary attacks, combinator attacks, mask attacks, rule-based attacks, and brute force attacks."
https://www.techspot.com/news/96328-security-researchers-show-off-rtx-4090-password-cracking.html
