CyberCrims Build "Super-Cracker" Machine at Cost of Standard PC
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Manchester, United Kingdom, July 26, 2012 --( Investigations by hosting firm UKFast revealed that the low cost super-cracker - built to incorporate two openly-available high power graphics cards - can make light work of cracking passwords, deciphering a six-character code in less than a second.Cyber criminals are using these high-powered machines to decode stolen databases of encrypted usernames and passwords, enabling them to access all manner of online portals including shopping and email accounts.The machine, developed at a low cost by UKFasts security team, has the ability to crack a six character code of letters, numbers and symbols in less than a minute and a half, shattering the belief that complex passwords are sufficient to protect personal data online.The fact that this level of power is so readily available to cyber criminals highlights the importance of long and complicated passwords and for businesses to use strong encryption algorithms for their data." Tests performed last year by the security experts highlighted the capabilities of a £30 graphics card which can process 158 million possible passwords per second and be bought from high-street computer retailers.
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