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How to identify and crack a 1Password (cloud keychain) hash

Identify a 1Password (cloud keychain) hash and crack it with ready-to-run hashcat and John the Ripper commands. Fast on a GPU.

hashcat mode -m 23200John format cloudkeychain

1Password (cloud keychain) is a application hash type. It is fast and typically unsalted, which makes weak passwords recoverable quickly on consumer GPU hardware. This page shows how to recognise it and the exact commands to attack it.

All identification runs locally in WebAssembly. The commands below write the hash to a local file on your machine — nothing is sent to this site.

Identifying the hash

The hash identifier on the home page detects 1Password (cloud keychain) entirely in your browser — your hash is never uploaded. A typical example looks like this:

$cloudkeychain$16*2606...*227*...

Cracking 1Password (cloud keychain) with hashcat

Save the hash to a file and run hashcat in mode -m 23200. Start with a wordlist such as rockyou.txt:

echo '$cloudkeychain$16*2606...*227*...' > hash.txt && hashcat -m 23200 hash.txt /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt

Add a rule set to mutate dictionary words (capitalisation, leetspeak, appended digits) and dramatically widen coverage:

echo '$cloudkeychain$16*2606...*227*...' > hash.txt && hashcat -m 23200 hash.txt /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt -r /usr/share/hashcat/rules/best64.rule

Cracking 1Password (cloud keychain) with John the Ripper

John the Ripper can attack the same hash with the cloudkeychain format:

echo '$cloudkeychain$16*2606...*227*...' > hash.txt && john --format=cloudkeychain --wordlist=/usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt hash.txt