Western Digital self-encrypting hard drives riddled with security flaws
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/10/western-digital-self-encrypting-hard-drives-riddled-with-security-flaws/
Several versions of self-encrypting hard drives from
Western Digital are riddled with so many security flaws that
attackers with physical access can retrieve the data with little
effort, and in some cases, without even knowing the decryption
password, a team of academics said.
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Weak or flawed crypto can be even worse than no crypto, because it fools
you into complacency.
--Lauren--
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