Hacker Shows How Cloud Could Wash Out Wireless Security

German hacker Thomas Roth's announcement that he used Amazon.com's cloud service to crack a wireless network security standard has left some security researchers scratching their heads. Others are merely shaking them in disbelief. That attack was launched against the SHA-1 hash algorithm. Roth's conclusions are that the SHA-1 algorithm is not fit for password hashing.

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