Hi, Can NSA crack SHA256?
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To begin with, SHA256 is not an encryption algorithm. It is a cryptographically secure hash function. So, no, NSA cannot recover the original data from the SHA256 hash. That leaves the question of whether they can create a hash collision at will, which would break SHA256 completely.