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Windows 11 BitLocker Bypassed to Extract Encryption Keys (gbhackers.com)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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An attacker with physical access can abruptly restart the device and dump RAM, as analysis of this memory may reveal FVEK keys from recently running Windows instances, compromising data encryption.

The effectiveness of this attack is, however, limited because the data stored in RAM degrades rapidly after the power is cut off.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Anyone who uses the TPM without measuring user input like a password is an idiot.