<p>8 digits, assuming you mean decimal digits, only have 100000000 possible values.</p>
<p>That's trivial to brute-force.</p>

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2022-07-09T03:58:28.497Z
Thanks a lot, I've done it, I use python to brute force to combine the last 8 decimal digits
JacnInf
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Pieter Wuille
<p>My AES256 encryption password is 15 characters. The password uses upper and lower case letters, symbols and numbers. I can remember the first 7 characters of the password, but I have forgotten the last 8 characters which are all digits.</p>
<p>To retrieve the password, I'm planning to use brute force using Python to get the last 8 digits, is this possible?</p>

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2022-07-08T20:55:55.883Z
8 digits might be a date (YYYYMMDD or MMDDYYYY etc) so I would try some birthdays, anniversaries etc.
RedGrittyBrick
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My wallet is protected by AES256-CBC, but I forgot part of the password
JacnInf
# My wallet is protected by AES256-CBC, but I forgot part of the password

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-07-08)

My AES256 encryption password is 15 characters. The password uses upper and lower case letters, symbols and numbers. I can remember the first 7 characters of the password, but I have forgotten the last 8 characters which are all digits.

To retrieve the password, I'm planning to use brute force using Python to get the last 8 digits, is this possible?

**Tags:** private-key, wallet-recovery

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 8 digits might be a date (YYYYMMDD or MMDDYYYY etc) so I would try some birthdays, anniversaries etc.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2022-07-08. Score: 1

8 digits, assuming you mean decimal digits, only have 100000000 possible values.

That's trivial to brute-force.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks a lot, I've done it, I use python to brute force to combine the last 8 decimal digits  

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