KoreLogic's Password Cracking Contest at DEF CON

Hashcat has won CMIYC 2019!

What: The premier annual password cracking contest sponsored by KoreLogic.

Where: DEF CON 27 - Las Vegas, NV, USA, and over the Internet.

When: 48 hours, from 10 PM Las Vegas time (US/Pacific) Thursday, August 8th, 2019 to 10 PM LV time Saturday, August 10th.

Who: Anyone can play. Teams of people will do best.

Why: To help push the envelope of password cracking techniques / methodologies and to challenge password crackers' skills.

Winning: The team with the most points, wins.

Introduction and Rules

How to Register

How to Submit Cracks

Download Contest Hashes

Registered Teams

Stats and Scores

Details about plaintexts and hash sets

PGP key for submissions

PGP key for a human (defcon-2019-contest@korelogic.com)

Updates: Watch this site and @CrackMeIfYouCan for updates.