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Password Cracking

nounid 3517·updated May 9, 2026
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The process of recovering secret passwords stored in a computer system or transmitted over a network.

MWE

Attested in

No recorded attestations. They are written when an MWE tagging stage is completed, stamped with the pack version and the document’s digest.

Classifications

Entity Type

Credential95%rule-basedr:entity.credential.password.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Password Crackings
possessive
Password Cracking's
pluralpossessive
Password Crackings'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
Password cracking is the process of attempting to guess passwords, given the password file information.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
The process of recovering secret passwords stored in a computer system or transmitted over a network.
NIST SP 800-1151 senseview framework →
§1
The process of recovering secret passwords stored in a computer system or transmitted over a network.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
The process of recovering secret passwords stored in a computer system or transmitted over a network.
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