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'Unhackable' Encrypted Flash Drive eyeDisk Is, As It Happens, Hackable

Friday May 10, 2019. 10:51 PM , from Slashdot
According to the findings of Pen Test Partners, a U.K.-based cybersecurity firm, the 'unhackable' eyeDisk, an allegedly secure USB flash drive that uses iris recognition to unlock and decrypt the device, is hackable. From a report: In its Kickstarter campaign last year, eyeDisk raised more than $21,000; it began shipping devices in March. There's just one problem: it's anything but 'unhackable.' Pen Test Partners researcher David Lodge found the device's backup password -- to access data in the event of device failure or a sudden eye-gouging accident -- could be easily obtained using a software tool able to sniff USB device traffic.

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