The group responsible for taking down Alex S's account

[Navron]

What exactly am I looking at? They hacked fimfiction and got a bunch of hashes?

Good thing I don't have an account there, but even if I did, I've tried to crack my own hash in the past, with a nice 20+ year estimation of how long it would take to crack.

[randomblockfilms]

@Bartekko

although i normally don't say these sort of words, i thinks its safe for me to say, what the fuck?

i kind of laugh at their stupidity. they really arn't going to accomplish anything.

[Mundius]

Well, when do we go and return the favor tenfold? *readies fists and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix music*

[Versilaryan]

I hope they realize that hashes mean absolutely nothing? The whole point of a hash table is so that passwords don't get stored in plain text (*cough*PlaystationNetwork*cough*), and the hash gets plugged into the system instead of the password. If they tried to use the hash to get into the system, it would only run through the hash function again and re-emerge a completely new hash.

If they tried to reverse-engineer the hash function... HAH. Have fun the next twenty years!

[Navron]

Depending on somebody's password strength, cracking a hash can take anywhere from a few hours to a few decades.

Some notable ways of cracking hashes include:
Dictionary Attack (Useful for passwords comprised of single words.)
Brute Force Attack (Useful for smaller passwords comprised of letters and numbers.)
Rainbow Table Attack (Useful for cracking complicated passwords comprised of letters, numbers, and special characters. Also takes the longest, due to the numerous possibilities.)

Personally, I don't see what use gaining peoples hashes are. Even if they crack a few passwords, they could login to the site they got it from as a regular user, and MAYBE access other sites such as FB, YT, or Gmail, depending if the person was dumb and used a simple password that could be cracked in the first place, and even dumber if they used it for multiple websites.

If it's something they feel inclined to do, by all means, it's their lives they're wasting away for little to no gain except for the potential of a few laughs.

If they get overly serious about it and try to access a person's bank or identity theft, then all they'll really gain is some very, very good hackers tracking them down and getting charged with prison sentences.

[Senator Myth]

Who cares?

Even idly detesting these guys is a waste of calories.

[bartekko]

Who cares?

Even idly detesting these guys is a waste of calories.

I want to waste some calories.

[Mundius]

Who cares?

Even idly detesting these guys is a waste of calories.

I want to waste some calories.

I need to get some exercise and my brony friend is getting fat. I want in.

[Evdog]

The best thing about not having censorship is that selfless, creative people have freedom of speech and expression.
The worst thing about not having censorship is that selfish, destructive people have freedom of speech and expression.

[Mundius]

The best thing about not having censorship is that selfless, creative people have freedom of speech and expression.
The worst thing about not having censorship is that selfish, destructive people have freedom of speech and expression.

No... we would be considered pirates for sharing our own music "illegally" and as such we'd have jail time if censorship existed.