If I am not wrong they are referring to every combination of 8 chars

Guido Elia
HELPPC - HELPPC SERVICE
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Da: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]]
Inviato: martedì 11 dicembre 2012 7.40
A: NT System Admin Issues
Oggetto: (SCL: -1) Re: (SCL: -1) All your passwords are belong to us

8 characters not including common names/words?

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 1:34 AM, HELP_PC <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 
wrote:
They are talking about 8 chars pwd
I use 12+ chars (Aa+numbers+special chars ) since many years

Guido Elia
HELPPC - HELPPC SERVICE
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Da: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
Inviato: lunedì 10 dicembre 2012 19.55
A: NT System Admin Issues
Oggetto: (SCL: -1) All your passwords are belong to us

I don't know if you have seen this:

http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/12/25-gpu-cluster-cracks-every-standard-windows-password-in-6-hours/


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