brute force password cracker


import itertools
import string

def brute_force_crack(target_password, max_length=4):
    characters = string.ascii_lowercase  # a-z

    print(f"Starting brute force attack to crack: '{target_password}'")

    for length in range(1, max_length + 1):
        for guess_tuple in itertools.product(characters, repeat=length):
            guess = ''.join(guess_tuple)
            print(f"Trying password: {guess}")
            if guess == target_password:
                print(f"Password cracked! The password is: {guess}")
                return guess
    print("Password not found within given max length.")
    return None

# Example usage:
target = "cat"
cracked_password = brute_force_crack(target, max_length=3)