How to identify and crack an SHA3-224 hash

SHA3-224 is an raw / unsalted 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 SHA3-224 entirely in your browser — your hash is never uploaded. A typical example looks like this:

ffbad5da96bad71789330206dc6768ecd5b8d3f3c779addb91e1d7b9

Cracking SHA3-224 with hashcat

Save the hash to a file and run hashcat in mode -m 17300. Start with a wordlist such as rockyou.txt:

echo 'ffbad5da96bad71789330206dc6768ecd5b8d3f3c779addb91e1d7b9' > hash.txt && hashcat -m 17300 hash.txt /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt

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

echo 'ffbad5da96bad71789330206dc6768ecd5b8d3f3c779addb91e1d7b9' > hash.txt && hashcat -m 17300 hash.txt /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt -r /usr/share/hashcat/rules/best64.rule