▲ 939 ▼ Microsoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick — YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoor (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 5 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world 126 comments fedilink hide all child comments YellowKey reportedly works in Windows 11, Windows Server 2022 and 2025, but not in Windows 10.
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (3 children) What reason? It was broken? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] massacre@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago It was very likely compromised by NSA requiring a backdoor or weakened encryption that could be cracked by the US. There's a long story that's pretty interesting if you want to hit the rabbit hole permalink fedilink source parent [–] Scrollone@feddit.it 6 points 5 months ago No, it worked so well that the governments didn't like it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago Suddenly dev resigned and posted bizzare post that read like he was at a gunpoint, recommending bitlocker instead of truecrypt permalink fedilink source parent
[–] massacre@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago It was very likely compromised by NSA requiring a backdoor or weakened encryption that could be cracked by the US. There's a long story that's pretty interesting if you want to hit the rabbit hole permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 6 points 5 months ago No, it worked so well that the governments didn't like it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago Suddenly dev resigned and posted bizzare post that read like he was at a gunpoint, recommending bitlocker instead of truecrypt permalink fedilink source parent