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Security engineer ports hashcat to Game Boy Advance – 727 hashes/second

Hacker News
· July 20, 2026

AI summary

A security engineer has successfully ported the password cracker hashcat to the Game Boy Advance. The Game Boy Advance's 16.8 MHz chip is capable of performing 727 hashes per second. This is significantly slower than modern systems, with a speed difference of around 30 million times. The achievement demonstrates the engineer's ability to adapt the software to run on outdated hardware. The ported version of hashcat is a notable example of what can be accomplished with limited processing power.

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