SMRTR AIJan 18, 2026Daily.dev

Project Fail: Cracking A Laptop BIOS Password Using AI

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A Facebook Marketplace HP ProBook laptop came locked with a BIOS password that couldn't be cleared through normal methods because HP stores the encrypted password in separate Flash memory. Using Claude AI to generate a Python brute-force script and password lists, six months of continuous cracking attempts at nine seconds per try failed to unlock the system, leaving the laptop functional but without BIOS access.

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