Crack (password Software) - Legal Issues Arising From Using Crack

Legal Issues Arising From Using Crack

Randal L. Schwartz, a notable Perl expert, in 1995 was prosecuted for using Crack on the password file of a system at Intel, a case the verdict of which was eventually expunged.

Crack was also used by Kevin Mitnick when hacking into Sun Microsystems in 1993.

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