Crack Me If You Can 2014

The Basics

What: A password cracking contest sponsored by KoreLogic.

Where: DEFCON 22 at the Rio in Las Vegas.

When: The main contest lasted 48 hours:
11:59:59 PM PDT Thursday Aug 7 - 11:59:59 PM PDT Saturday Aug 9, 2014

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.

Winning: There were prize pools for a "Pro" class and a "Street" class of competitor.

The contest has ended. Congratulations, and thank you to all who participated!

The final results are:

1st place Pro Division ($600): hashcat with 1,844,066 total points.

2nd place Pro Division ($300): InsidePro with 1,642,556 total points.

3rd place Pro Division ($100): RalphWiggumAllStars with 585,618 total points.

1st place Street Division: cmu with 363,280 total points.

Full Scoreboard and Statistics

CMIYC Twitter feed

The Teams That Competed

How the Passwords Were Created

Download Contest Files

Introduction and Rules

How to Register (The contest is over.)

How to Submit Cracks (The contest is over.)

Press FAQ

PGP key for submissions

PGP key for a human (defcon-2014-contest@korelogic.com)



You can also check out past years' contest pages:
The 2013 contest. The 2012 contest. The 2011 contest. The 2010 contest.