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Forbes reports that Microsoft complied with an FBI request for decryption keys to a suspect's personal laptops last year.

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Microsoft has provided BitLocker encryption keys to the FBI in a Guam fraud case, marking the first known instance of such cooperation and raising privacy concerns.

The disclosure underscores how recovery keys stored in Microsoft’s cloud can be accessed under warrant, even when enterprise ...

Microsoft handed over encryption keys for its hard drive encryption software BitLocker to the FBI last year, complying with a search warrant tied to a fraud investigation in Guam. This marks the first ...

Microsoft has confirmed that it provided BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI in response to a valid legal order, giving investigators the ability to decrypt hard drives that would otherwise have been ...

Microsoft provided the FBI with the recovery keys to unlock encrypted data on the hard drives of three laptops as part of a federal investigation, Forbes reported on Friday. Many modern Windows ...

Microsoft may give your encryption key to law enforcement upon valid request - here's how to keep it safe ...