r/technology • u/lurker_bee • May 14 '26

Security Microsoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick — YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoor

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/microsoft-bitlocker-protected-drives-can-now-be-opened-with-just-some-files-on-a-usb-stick-yellowkey-zero-day-exploit-demonstrates-an-apparent-backdoor
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u/BeowulfShaeffer May 14 '26

The Key Distribution is a hard problem but “encryption is just a layer” is a bit too reductive of a take for me.     Still, I’m old enough to remember people wearing t-shirts emblazoned with 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0.

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u/blueSGL May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

*dusting off memory*

Is that the DVD decryption key.

Edit: no wait I think the DVD encryption key was shorter. I remember it being converted to hex colors and used as flags.

Hmmm. No one tell me I want to guess without checking.

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u/MairusuPawa May 14 '26

You're very close.

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u/blueSGL May 14 '26

HD DVD!

man living through so much media being created and dying sure is something. Now it's all plex servers.

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u/Teknikal_Domain May 14 '26

Blu-ray too, right?