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Submitted by klara.se· Apr 18, 2026Disk Forensics

Question

You are the network administrator for a small bank in Dallas, Texas. To ensure network security, you enact a security policy that requires all users to have 14 character passwords. After giving your users 2 weeks notice, you change the Group Policy to force 14 character passwords. A week later you dump the SAM database from the standalone server and run a password-cracking tool against it. Over 99% of the passwords are broken within an hour. Why were these passwords cracked so Quickly?

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  • APasswords of 14 characters or less are broken up into two 7-character hashes
  • BA password Group Policy change takes at least 3 weeks to completely replicate throughout a
  • CNetworks using Active Directory never use SAM databases so the SAM database pulled was
  • DThe passwords that were cracked are local accounts on the Domain Controller

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#Password cracking#Windows security#LM hash vulnerability#SAM database
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