Microsoft has confirmed that it provided BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI after receiving a valid legal demand tied to a federal investigation involving three laptops in Guam. The disclosure has ...

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...

For years, we've been told that encryption is the gold standard for digital privacy. If data is encrypted, it is supposed to be locked away from hackers, companies and governments alike. That ...

Windows now encrypts drives silently, creating potential lockout risks.

Microsoft provided the FBI with the recovery keys to unlock encrypted data on the hard drives of three laptops as part of a federal investigation, Forbes reported on Friday. Many modern Windows ...

Your encrypted Windows laptop feels bulletproof until law enforcement comes knocking-then Microsoft becomes surprisingly cooperative. The FBI recently obtained BitLocker recovery keys for three ...

District Court of Guam Magistrate Judge Michael Bordallo set a Sept. 22 trial for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program fraud ring case involving seven defendants, among them close family ...

Microsoft confirmed it can hand over BitLocker recovery keys stored in the cloud under warrant, reviving debate over who controls encrypted data. Image: Simon Ray/Unsplash Microsoft is under scrutiny ...

The mass killing of 14 people in San Bernardino in December 2015 saw the FBI trying to access what it described as “relevant and critical data” on the locked iPhone of one of the shooters. The agency ...

Security keys are the most secure way to stop SIM swaps and phishing attacks. Step-by-step instructions for Google, Apple, ...

A TV doctor has shared a “key way” to speed up recovery from a nasty bug currently spreading in the UK. According to the expert, this step could help you “get back on your feet” after contracting ...

Jess Mazour is a lifelong Iowan and is the Conservation Program Associate for the Sierra Club Iowa Chapter. She has organized Iowans opposed to carbon pipelines since 2021. Iowans have powerful ...