The Reality of AI Password Cracking: Seconds to Minutes.

PassGAN, an AI-based password cracker, has been touted as a "terrifying" tool that can crack any password with up to seven characters in under six minutes. However, the claims are mostly hype, as PassGAN performs no better than conventional cracking methods. The tool uses machine learning algorithms to generate password guesses based on previous real-world breaches, but its results are not significantly better than traditional methods. Additionally, the password advice drawn from the experiment undermines real security.