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IronKey Unveils Self-Destructing USB Flash Drive

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the better-than-having-to-eat-it dept.

fysdt writes to share that IronKey has released a USB flash drive with self-destruct capability. Specializing in "secure flash drives," IronKey has launched the S200 aimed at government and enterprise customers, "featuring hardened physical security, the latest Cryptochip technology, active anti-malware and enhanced management capabilities. It's the 'first and only USB storage device to achieve FIPS 140-2, Level 3 validation' and delivers advanced Cryptochip featuring AES-256, tamper-resistance and self-destruction circuitry."

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  1. Re:Rip-off by caerwyn · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you can break it with a hammer remotely, you should really be selling that capability- pretty sure someone would want to buy it.

    Until then, the self destruct does work remotely.

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  2. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  3. Re:Where's the market? by LWATCDR · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How would you transport a few gigabytes to a new location?
    FTP?
    External HD.
    DVD?
    And very large number of floppies?
    I take my source code home with me on a USB drive. I currently encrypt it but I could see this being even better.

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  4. The Market by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Like most things, if you have to ask "who needs this?", the answer is not you.

    Personally, there are a great number of wildly popular products for which I am not in the market.

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  5. A hacker challenge by RobertLTux · · Score: 4, Insightful

    what iron key should do is go to DEFCON with a bunch of these drives and then run a contest

    If you can crack the drive you get some obscenely large amount of money
    how to run the contest fairly

    have the contents of the drive detail how to get to an offshore account with the prize money

    So Ironkey how much you want to bet this key is "secure"

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  6. Re:Encryption is just as good as self destruction by Hurricane78 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So you think that will make the evil ones stop torturing the password out of you? They'll use that same crowbar to make you remember it! ^^

    (Interlude: WTF. I have my adblocker disabled for the first time in months, and the first thing I see, is an Ironkey banner. Truly a slashvertisement.)

    The point is, that the keyfile on your USB key is encrypted with your password. So if you destroy the keyfile, which would open your encrypted safe, your password gets useless. You could scream it to the whole world. It wouldn't matter. Nobody could open that thing now. Not even you.

    And that is why you never let someone know that you want access to his system. ^^
    Just use a keylogger, or a trojan horse, and be good. Become a cleaning person in that place. Or gain some trust otherwise.
    If you need it: There are some internal CIA agent training manuals on the net, that can teach you this. Or if you can speak Russias, I recommend some Russian forums. ^^

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