Password Cracking
nounid
3517·updated May 9, 2026candidate
The process of recovering secret passwords stored in a computer system or transmitted over a network.
MWE
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
- §1
- Password cracking is the process of attempting to guess passwords, given the password file information.
- §1
- The process of recovering secret passwords stored in a computer system or transmitted over a network.
- §1
- The process of recovering secret passwords stored in a computer system or transmitted over a network.
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