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+-   Cracking a crypto hard drive case-> on Monday February 18 2008, @05:53PM juct

Submitted by juct on Monday February 18 2008, @05:53PM
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juct writes "An AES label alone does not ensure that your data are protected. heise examined a hard drive enclosure with an RFID key that is quite typical for lots of similar products. They found that the 128-bit AES hardware encryption claimed in adverts, was in fact a simple XOR encryption that they were able to break easily with a known plaintext attack. (Editors: resubmitted with correct links this time — sorry for the one I screwed up)"
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