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August 10, 2016 08:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/TQHZau5ZiZk/researchers-crack-microsoft-feature-say-encryption-backdoors-similarly-crackable
Researchers Crack Microsoft Feature, Say Encryption Backdoors Similarly Crackable
An anonymous reader writes: Researchers who uncovered a security key that protects Windows devices as they boot up say their discovery is proof that encryption backdoors do not work. The pair of researchers, credited by their hacker nicknames MY123 and Slipstream, found the cryptographic key protecting a feature called Secure Boot. They believe the discovery highlights a problem with requests law enforcement officials have made for technology companies to provide police with some form of access to otherwise virtually unbreakable encryption that might be used by criminals. "Microsoft implemented a 'secure golden key' system. And the golden keys got released from [Microsoft's] own stupidity," wrote the researchers in their report, in a section addressed by name to the FBI.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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