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Hashcat Hiccups: How My RTX 3080 Turned My Power Bill Into a Rollercoaster
Didier Stevens reveals on the StormCast podcast how running Hashcat with a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 GPU can skyrocket your power consumption. His data shows that long Hashcat runs are real energy guzzlers.
Hot Take:
Who knew cracking passwords could light up your utility bill like a Christmas tree? Looks like Hashcat is the true power-lifter of the cybersecurity world!
Key Points:
- Johannes mentioned Didier Stevens’ diary entry on the StormCast podcast.
- Didier shared data about power consumption of his desktop with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 GPU while running Hashcat.
- He obtained power consumption data from his utility company.
- Graph revealed significant peaks during long Hashcat runs.
- Hashcat’s power consumption is so high it stands out on a household’s energy usage graph.
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