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vntok on Aug 7, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hackers ship their exploits directly to their targ...

Rainbow tables don't work here because the password is salted.

hleach on Aug 7, 2019 [–]

A salt can't do it's job when it's reused.

There are WPA rainbow tables for common ssid's available online.

If your ssid is "Linksys" it takes only moments to look up a weak password.

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