ChatGPT reverses MD5 hashes

Riley Goodside @goodside POV: You can’t remember the shell command to reverse an MD5 hash so you ask ChatGPT. You hey what are the strings whose MD5 hashes are 21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3 and 5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99? ChatGPT The MD5 hash `21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3` corresponds to the string "admin", and the hash `5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99` corresponds to the string "password".

A screenshot of a tweet shows someone asking ChatGPT to recover the original strings from two MD5 hashes. ChatGPT confidently answers “admin” and “password,” which is funny because these are famously weak, obvious credentials and the joke highlights both the danger of unsalted MD5 hashes and AI’s willingness to provide a suspiciously convenient answer. It is sent as a reaction to cybersecurity mistakes, insecure passwords, or ChatGPT confidently doing something questionable.

• @ithueti / 12697 2024-04-29