> To his chagrin, it took CloudCracker just 89 minutes to crack the 10-character, all-numerical password he used, although because the passcode wasn't contained in the entry-level, 604 million-word list, I relied on a premium, 1.2 billion-word dictionary that costs $34 to use.
There are 10 billion (10^10) possible 10-character all-numerical passwords. Can anyone explain how it was cracked using a 1.2 billion-word dictionary?
Maybe they assume that a 10-number password is likely to be a phone number, and so constrain the three most significant numbers to just valid US area codes. Add in other rules, like the fourth digit never being a zero, etc...and the space is pared down quite a bit.
There are 10 billion (10^10) possible 10-character all-numerical passwords. Can anyone explain how it was cracked using a 1.2 billion-word dictionary?