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Lenovo USB drives lack advertised encryption, contain backdoor

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A Lenovo fingerprint USB drive advertised as having AES-256 encryption was found to contain a plain SD card instead of secure storage. Further investigation revealed a backdoor and hardcoded keys in other secure USB products from the company. This discovery raises significant security concerns regarding Lenovo's data protection claims. AI

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses a security vulnerability in a specific product, which falls under the 'tool' category.

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Lenovo USB drives lack advertised encryption, contain backdoor

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    https://www. tomshardware.com/tech-industry /cyber-security/lenovo-fingerprint-usb-stick-sold-as-aes-256-encrypted-had-a-plain-sd-card-inside-ai-assisted-follow

    https://www. tomshardware.com/tech-industry /cyber-security/lenovo-fingerprint-usb-stick-sold-as-aes-256-encrypted-had-a-plain-sd-card-inside-ai-assisted-follow-up-finds-a-backdoor-and-hardcoded-keys-in-other-secure-usb-products # infosec # backdoor # lenovo # security # usb # fi…

    LINKS tomshardware.com/…/lenovo-fingerprint-usb… tomshardware.com/tech-industry

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