Think Your USB Drive Is Encrypted? Not So Fast
January 7, 2010 by Paul · Leave a Comment
We always recommend that our clients use secure measures for their data, including encrypting data on USB Flash drives. That way, if they get lost or stolen, no harm done, right?
Not anymore. Certain Kingston, SanDisk and Verbatim drives using AES-256 encryption are no longer safe, and the reason is so stupid as to be unbelievable.
Here’s how it works. You enter your password, a signal is sent to the encryption program which then encrypts or decrypts the file(s).
The problem is, no matter what your password is, if it’s valid the same signal is sent to the encryption/decryption process. All three manufacturers have USB drives with the same problem! Read more.
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