Pass Word Cracking with AI

Well no.

I built a password cracking system as part of my University course, it was not very powerful and passwords beyond five characters took forever t crack, but it proved the point. The threat of quantum computing password cracking is out there on the horizon somewhere.

That brings us to PassGAN – AI applied to password cracking. It appears it is no more successful than other more conventional rigs. The article is still worth a read as it does give some background explanations as to why password hygiene and discipline is important to everyone.

Meet PassGAN, the supposedly “terrifying” AI password cracker that’s mostly hype | Ars Technica