PS3 - a hacker's dream, 100 times quicker password cracks
According to a New Zealand based security researcher, the PS3 enables him to crack passwords at speeds of 100 times greater than what Intel hardware is capable of. The respective researcher remarked that suddenly we have a massive increase in terms of cryptography hacking and strong passwords can be broken in a matter of days instead of a number of weeks as it took previously.
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The powerful processors in Sony's PlayStation 3 gaming console now have another use: cracking passwords.
New Zealand-based security researcher Nick Breese claims to have used the year-old gaming console to crack passwords at speeds 100 times greater than Intel hardware is capable of.
Breese, a security consultant with Security-Assessment.com, presented his findings to the Kiwicon hacker conference in Wellington, New Zealand.
"Suddenly we have a massive increase in terms of . . . cryptography cracking," he told Next. "Eight-character 'strong' passwords can be broken in a couple of days whereas before it would take weeks."
