Cracking one million passwords

Code in Python / 45 mins / ✦ ✦

Use Python code to see how cyber criminals can ‘crack’ passwords

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Activity overview

The video streaming website Catflix has been attacked by a gang of cyber criminals. The gang have stolen the login details for 1 million customers and published them online.

Your task is to use Python code to “crack” this massive collection of passwords.

Examine the leaked file containing the login details of one million customers
Investigate the most commonly used passwords
Using Python code to crack the passwords from the leaked file

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