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How the Secret Service Cracks Encrypted Evidence

Posted by timothy on from the throw-at-wall-see-what-sticks dept.

tabdelgawad writes "The Washington Post offers this writeup about how the U.S. Secret Service uses a Distributed Network Attack program to crack encryption on computers and drives seized as evidence. How can brute force still succeed with 256-bit encryption, you ask? Customized password dictionaries from the seized computer's email files and browser cache: People still use non-random passwords."

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  1. Re:It's like social engineering, without the perso by jd · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Israeli Secret Service to Prisoner: "He's not trying to throttle you. He's applying moderate physical pressure."

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