Alright, so let's crack some passwords I've constructed to see how easy it is. To do this, I will use Hashcat, a free and open-source password cracker available for anyone to use.

Learn why strong, secure paswords matter by seeing how easy it is to crack passwords with a common tool. Longer, more complex passwords are best, and you'll see why.

To start cracking Vault passwords using Hashcat, you need three pieces of information: 'Key-Value', 'Iteration count', and 'Account email address'. These should be formatted as 'Key-Value ...

This quicker variation of Hashcat and Hashcat-lite, released over the weekend, has the potential to crack passwords of up to 64 characters -- depending on the hash being targeted.

“thereisnofatebutwhat­wemake”—Turbo-charged cracking comes to long passwords Cracking really long passwords just got a whole lot faster and easier.

What this means in practical terms is that someone wishing to crack or recover an eight-character password with a rig featuring an octet of RTX 4090 cards, can reliably do so in under 50 minutes.