YellowKey fully bypasses Microsoft BitLocker encryption on affected Windows PCs: Bitcoins, personal data at risk

[Redaktion]

Nightmare-Eclipse has released YellowKey, a fully BitLocker encrypted disk bypass for vulnerable Windows 11 and Server systems. The hack leverages code left behind in the WinRE recovery environment to unlock encrypted disks without knowledge of the encryption keys.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/YellowKey-fully-bypasses-Microsoft-BitLocker-encryption-on-affected-Windows-PCs-Bitcoins-personal-data-at-risk.1296120.0.html

[Petr]

I am sure this does't work if you use the pre-boot PIN. You always should.

[Rick78]

I am sure this does't work if you use the pre-boot PIN. You always should.

Since this is a windows backdoor you can safely assume that they also have something for bypassing your beloved PIN. I have been making this joke for years now that bitlocker should be renamed as WPE = Windows Potato Encryption.

Anyone who thinks that windows is secure or private in 2026 - "You just need to un-check some settings and edit the registry and your golden" is simply delusional. What a farce of an OS.

[Petr]

No, they haven't. Pre-boot PIN is safe even for this attack.

[Rick78]

No, they haven't. Pre-boot PIN is safe even for this attack.

"Denial is the most predictable of all human responses. But, rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have backdored it, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it."