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A security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker, releases an exploit to prove it (www.techspot.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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cross-posted from: https://poptalk.scrubbles.tech/post/4133762

A researcher known as "Nightmare-Eclipse" recently released YellowKey, a security vulnerability that allegedly enables a full bypass of BitLocker's full-volume encryption. The researcher described YellowKey as one of the most "insane" flaws they have ever encountered and has also accused Microsoft of potentially embedding a legitimate backdoor in BitLocker's data protection system.

To no-one's surprise

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[–] 20 points 4 months ago

A second backdoor. Windows also uploads your BitLocker keys to Microsoft's servers by default, just in case somebody needs to get in later.

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    [–] 10 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    The legally have to because of the US Cloud Act.

    Every single US company has a backdoor because of this.

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    • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    Wait a second, are you saying Microslop isn't my friend?

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    [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Move to Linux! I would be happy to personally help anyone here who is interested yet unsure.

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