August 19th, 2010 by teull

Passwords Quickly Hacked With PC Graphics Cards - InformationWeek

I’m not saying we’re doing this (legally)… but I’m not saying we’re not.

Passwords with fewer than 12 characters can be quickly brute-force decoded using a PC graphics processing unit (GPU) that costs just a few hundred dollars, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Article: Passwords Quickly Hacked With PC Graphics Cards – InformationWeek

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