The response was immediate.
00:35 I trusted you about Ryan. Trust me about Virtuant. We each have a cause. They coexist. I need your help with this. Just as I helped you with Ryan Law.
Did I trust Toxicwrath?
Yes.
As much as I was capable of trusting someone I didn’t know.
My secret hacker friend had proven himself a capable partner. Relying on someone else was difficult, but it helped to share the burden of my mission.
Toxicwrath was clearly talented. His cracking was top notch. Clean.
I had other targets. I could go back to doing things solo.
Or I could accept the help he offered.
00:36 What’s the plan for Virtuant?
I had made my decision. I’d trust Toxicwrath. He hadn’t led me astray yet.
00:37 Great. Glad you’re on board. Need your help with hashing attack. And then an SQL integration.
Hashing attack? Toxicwrath wanted the passwords. But why? And an SQL integration was a little old school. I was confused.
00:38 What’s the hashing at Virtuant?
Hashing was the encryption of passwords. My guess was a tech company like Virtuant would have heavy-duty encryption to prevent data breaches.
I felt a ping of alarm.
00:39 Bcrypt.
Bcrypt? Seriously? Decrypting those passwords would take years!
00:40 How is this possible then? And what is the point of taking the passwords?
00:41 Virtuant has over 5 million passwords stored on the company server that uses SHA1. Easy.
“Easy” was probably a bit of an overstatement, but I trusted in Toxicwrath’s abilities.
00:42 What will we do with the passwords?
00:42 We sell them.
Wait. What?
Sell them?
00:44 I’m not sure about that. It’s not about money.
00:44 It’s always about money.
For me it wasn’t.
I didn’t like this as a motivation.
Before I could express any further concerns, Toxicwrath allayed my fears.
