Drive encryption is a common practice in the realm of IT to protect company information, but if that information is on an SSD then it may not be as safe as it seems. A recently released paper discovered that some SSDs don’t encrypt properly, so they can be bypassed easily. The manufacturers of these SSDs include Samsung and Crucial, both of which have been informed of the situation. It was also discovered that the master password for the Samsung MX300 was an empty string, 32 NULL characters to be precise. It is recommended to use software encryption instead of hardware encryption if your SSD is listed as one of the drives affected by the improper encryption situation.
Some SSDs Don’t Encrypt Properly
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