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Subject:    [Beowulf] Amazon cloud computing used to crack wi-fi passwords
From:       "Hearns, John" <john.hearns () mclaren ! com>
Date:       2011-01-12 12:58:17
Message-ID: 68A57CCFD4005646957BD2D18E60667B124DF562 () milexchmb1 ! mil ! tagmclarengroup ! com
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/11/amazon_cloud_wifi_cracking/


I think this is appropriate for an HPC list. This guy is using GPUs on
Amazon's
cloud service to brute force 400 000 passwords per second.
Smart, but a bit depressing really.



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