Did they get your hash somehow or did they try logging into your account until they guessed the right password over the web? Your host should have something in place to make sure the latter doesn't happen, but your password must not have been very secure if it did.
The hacker might find your hash in your cookies, for example. If they get your hash, they could crack it a lot quicker than they could by logging in a thousand times and could do it locally without anyone knowing what they're doing. You could still get them to give up if your password is long and uses many different types of charecters.
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