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Password Cracker

Security Analysis Software designed to allow someone to recover or decrypt lost, forgotten or unknown passwords. Password Cracker can guess a password by running a brute-force attack, e.g. testing each character combination to find the right password, or by running a dictionary attack, e.g. testing common words from large dictionaries, which could be used as password by users. While they can be a legitimate tool used by security administrators and law enforcement officers, Password Crackers pose a significant security and privacy threat when used illicitly

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