Password hashing · Question 11 of 12

A dump of the table be_users with Argon2id hashes has leaked. Which assessments are correct?

2 answers are correct. Hard

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Answer

  • B Simple passwords can be cracked with dictionaries despite Argon2id
  • D All users should change their passwords, especially if they reuse them

Explanation

Argon2id makes cracking expensive but not impossible: trivial passwords fall quickly. A hash is not encryption; the encryptionKey plays no role here.

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