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My bank password is 'sort-of' hashed

8 pointsby mstocktonabout 12 years ago

4 comments

tg3about 12 years ago
It should be noted that by also storing a hash of your password in keypad-compatible format (if you're right about this) is that it significantly reduces the search space for a potential brute force attack. It also seems they don't allow special characters, which is a further reduction. I'm not sure that a robo-caller is the most efficient way to steal a bank password, but it is certainly possible.<p>Of course, the cynic in me says that they are storing an encrypted, as opposed to hashed version of your password. But one can hope!
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zckabout 12 years ago
If you try to log into your bank with <i>PASSWORD</i> instead of <i>password</i>, does it work? They could be converting your password to numeric as a first step to using it for anything.
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efutchabout 12 years ago
They could be using some kind of format-preserving encryption, but then they would have needed an unhashed version of the password to generate this "phone input" field.
bochohabout 12 years ago
Very interesting.