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Former cyber criminal Kevin Mitnick, who served time in prison in the 1990s for a variety of digital crimes, displayed his most recent creation: a potent system with 30 top-tier GeForce graphics cards. It’s likely in your mind to ask, “Can it run Crysis?”
Yes, she has the power to rotate pixels like a bully from high school on steroids. Yet, its true objective is to quickly crack passwords how quickly and easily Hercules cracks a walnut.
Who is Kevin Mitnick?
You can immediately look up Mitnick’s biography on Google or the Wikipedia page if you’re not familiar with him. He started hacking as a teenager, and it just got more exciting over time. This man, who is regarded as one of the most well-known hackers in the entire world, is obviously known to the Department of Justice and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. Years passed as he eluded both agencies before being apprehended.
After serving more than five years in prison, Mitnick was granted an early release thanks to the effective “Free Kevin” movement. Moreover, he’s a safety expert currently. Among other positions in his expanding portfolio, he serves as the CEO of Mitnick Security Consulting and the Chief Executive of Hacking at KnowBe4.
What is Password Cracker and the Tech Behind It?
Mitnick released images of a “password cracker” that the KnowBe4 team helped him establish in messages shared on Facebook and Twitter. Two dozen NVIDIA flagship graphics cards, the GeForce RTX 4090 based on the Ada Lovelace architecture, as well as six GeForce RTX 2080 cards based on the Turing architecture are included in the potent configuration.
The greatest graphics card for users, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, excels in password cracking. We can only speculate as to how effective a setup with 24 of these graphics cards and six older, higher-end cards might be in carrying out identical operations.