A portion of this tutorial is based on an older version at RubyDevices It's been updated for newer operating system and library releases. Please only crack your own lost passwords. It's not to be used for malicious purposes. A tutorial on using JohnTheRipper and Hashcat to crack keepass hash files when you've lost the passwordĭISCLAIMER: This tutorial was created to help me retrieve a KeePass password I lost and utilize my GPU for cracking the hash.
