Crack Me If You Can 2010

The Basics

What: A password cracking contest sponsored by KoreLogic.

Where: DEFCON 2010 at the Riviera Casino in Las Vegas.

When: Contest takes place July 29-31 and will last 48 hours. The exact start date/time is Thursday 11:59:59 pm. The contest ends 11:59:59pm on Saturday night. All times PST.

Who: Teams with at least one team member attending the conference.

Why: To help push the envelope of password cracking techniques / methodologies and win a prize while you are at it. Prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place.

The contest has ended. Congratulations and our thanks to all who participated. Team hashcat took first place; teams CrackHeads and john-users took second and third, respectively. See the Teams page and the Statistics page below for more information about the participants, their writeups of their experiences during the contest, and breakdowns of what kinds of passwords cracked, etc.

The Wordlists Used by KoreLogic

The Teams That Competed

Statistics Page

How the Passwords Were Created

Rules Used to Generate the Passwords

Introduction and Rules

Press FAQ

How to Register

How to Submit Passwords

Download the hashes (Anyone can now play)

PGP key for submissions (submission@contest.korelogic.com)

PGP key for a human (defcon-2010-contest@korelogic.com)

Our T-shirts had an easter egg, Brad Horrocks and Kevin Frey figured it out.