Security News > 2017 > September > Researchers reverse 320 million hashed passwords (Help Net Security)
2017-09-05 17:46
CynoSure Prime, a “password research collective”, has reversed the hashes of nearly 320 million hashed passwords provided by security researcher Troy Hunt through the Pwned Passwords searchable online database. The results Their effort, pulled off with the help of two other researchers, revealed many things: Interesting statistics regarding these real world passwords exposed in data breaches, The fact that this database also contains some 2.5 million email addresses and 230,000 email/password combinations (Hunt intends to … More →
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