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RcouF1uZ4gsC on Jan 28, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Analyzing and breaking an externally encrypted HDD

Great writing.

Currently, there is some person with $260M in Bitcoin on an encrypted drive.

https://www.techradar.com/news/ironkey-maker-couldnt-unlock-...

I am sure they would be willing to split it.

Bender on Jan 28, 2021 [–]

Ironkey are a bit different in that they were actually designed by hackers to be tamper-proof. The bar is a bit higher on that one. Alex Stamos jokingly offered to crack it for a percentage. AFAIK nobody has actually broken those yet.

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