04-14-2013, 05:37 AM
Set --outfile-format=7 (or whatever the hashcat CLI version of that argument is) and see if the hex versions of the passwords are identical; perhaps there's a nonprintable character in one or the other of them. Alternately, perhaps one of the characters isn't what it appears - some non-English speaking countries have a habit of high ASCII 1337 speak.
The 78... is the basic "elec@" md5 value.
The 78... is the basic "elec@" md5 value.