Passware Claims To Break FileVault 2 Encryption In 40 Minutes
Vinh Nguyen
Posted on February 1st, 2012
Cnet reported Passware, password recovery company, has claimed that FileVault 2 for Mac could be broken under or around 40 minutes. In case you have never used Mac before, FileVault 2 is similar to TrueCrypt and Windows’ BitLocker. These three major popular encryption software help computer users to securely wipe (i.e., format hard drives, partitions, external drives, etc…) and then encrypt hard drives and the likes. Using encryption technology supposes to be helping computer users to secure their data, but it seems companies such as Passware do have ways around the encryption technology after all. Nonetheless, since we now know encryption software are vulnerable, we can at least understand that relying on encryption software alone to protect our most precious data might not be…