Crack Me If You Can 2011

The Basics

What: A password cracking contest sponsored by KoreLogic.

Where: DEFCON 19 at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

When: The contest will last 48 hours. From 11:59pm Thursday August 4th to 11:59:59pm on Saturday August 6th, 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.

Insidepro team 2011 wins the contest with 16,426,020 total points.

Hashcat is second with 16,252,888 total points.

john-users is third with 13,178,997 total points.

Congratulations to all those who participated!

The Teams That Competed

Statistics Pages

Introduction and Rules

How to Register

How to Submit Cracks

PGP key for submissions (sub-2011@contest.korelogic.com)

PGP key for a human (defcon-2011-contest@korelogic.com)

Download the hashes: part 1 and part 2



You can also check out last year's contest site.