Breaking VeraCrypt containers

VeraCrypt is a de-facto successor to TrueCrypt, one of the most popular cryptographic tools for full-disk encryption of internal and external storage devices. VeraCrypt employs a newer and more secure format for encrypted containers and significantly expands the number of supported encryption algorithms and hash functions. Learn how to break VeraCrypt containers with distributed password attacks.

VeraCrypt Encryption
Full-disk encryption tools employ one-way hash functions to protect the binary data encryption key with the password. When attacking an encrypted container, the expert must either know the exact combination of the cipher and hash function or try all of their possible combinations. If the expert makes the wrong choice of a hash function or cipher, the data will not be decrypted even if the correct password is known.

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