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FBI Failed To Break Encryption of Hard Drives
benoliver writes to let us know that the FBI has failed to decrypt files of a Brazilian banker accused of financial crimes by Brazilian law enforcement, after a year of attempts. Five hard drives were seized by federal police at the apartment of banker Daniel Dantas, in Rio de Janeiro, during Operation Satyagraha in July 2008. (The link is to a Google translation of the original article in Portuguese.) The article in English mentions two encryption programs, one Truecrypt and the other unnamed. 256-bit AES was used, and apparently both the Brazilian police and the FBI tried dictionary attacks against it. No Brazilian law exists to force Dantas to produce the password(s).
...both the Brazilian police and the FBI tried dictionary attacks against it
They should have used a Portuguese dictionary not an English one! Geeze! Folks are soooooo US centric!
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July 4, 1776 - September 11, 2001
They should publish it as a DVD and within hours they'll be able to download the unencrypted file from a torrent! :o)
The law of gravity. The feds hang you by your feet out a 5th floor window till you talk......
"The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old......They literally know nothing." - Ben Rhodes
I take issue with your first statement. Luckily, there is an easy test to see what is and what isn't torture:
A claims that method X isn't torture, B says it is. Just have B apply Method X to A, until A confesses that he was wrong.
"Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."