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A Rainbow Table Attack is a cryptographic attack method that uses precomputed tables of hash values to reverse cryptographic hashes and retrieve plaintext passwords. This technique significantly reduces the time needed to crack passwords by trading off computational power for storage space, making it a potent threat against systems using unsalted hashes.
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