Researchers have created a data protection system that would make it more difficult for hackers to obtain passwords from leaked databases, CIO reports. In a research paper submitted for consideration at the 2015 Annual Computer Security Applications Conference, the team of researchers unveiled ErsatzPasswords, which misleads hackers using brute force attacks to unlock hashed passwords. Purdue University’s Mohammed Almeshelkah said adversaries “will still be able to crack that file; however, the passwords they will get back are fake passwords or decoy passwords.” ErsatzPasswords adds an additional step to passwords when they are encrypted, making it impossible to restore them to the original plain-text form.
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