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🔐 RockYou stored 32M passwords in plaintext and got breached in 2009, can you spot why hashing alone isn't enough?

Most people think hashing equals security. SHA-256 without salt falls to lookup tables in seconds. You'll trace how passwords move from plaintext to hash, build your first hash, and see why salting changes everything. 🔑

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Password Cracking

🔐 RockYou stored 32M passwords in plaintext and got breached in 2009, can you spot why hashing alone isn't enough?

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