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FBI Files Brief on Scarfo Keylogger

Posted by michael on from the only-as-secure-as-the-weakest-link dept.

Firewort writes: "In an affidavit (warning, it's a PDF) filed with a federal court in New Jersey, the FBI has disclosed some of the details of a controversial "key logger system" used to obtain the encryption password of a criminal suspect. They go into great detail describing PGP and the different methods they might have used to keystroke-log Scarfo to get his encryption key." Interesting, and more technically sophisticated than the basic keyloggers which grab keystrokes indiscriminately.

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  1. Scarfo Used Windows by macsforever2001 · · Score: 5, Informative

    The affidavit says that Scarfo used a Windows OS.

    Coupled with the DOJ ruling, it just goes to prove that M$ Windows is an operating system written for criminals by criminals.