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Security researcher claims BitLocker bypass vulnerability may be intentional Microsoft backdoor

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nolok

14d ago· 3 min readenNews

Summary

A security researcher known as Nightmare-Eclipse has discovered and released YellowKey, a vulnerability that allegedly bypasses Microsoft's BitLocker full-volume encryption entirely. The researcher claims the flaw is so unusual that it may indicate Microsoft intentionally built a backdoor into the encryption system. An exploit has been released to demonstrate the vulnerability.

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The Epitome of WTF
one of the most 'insane' flaws they have ever encountered
YellowKey appears unusual for a previously unknown security bug
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According to the researcher, YellowKey appears unusual for a previously unknown security bug. Nightmare-Eclipse explained that the flaw can be reproduced by copying an attached "FsTx" folder...

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