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 ...

Last time I covered an introduction to BitLocker, the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and what TPM does to assist in keeping your system secure. This time I'm writing about the most important aspect of ...

A BitLocker recovery key is a 48-digit number that acts as a "spare key" to the lock protecting the contents of your computer ...

Microsoft handed over encryption keys for its hard drive encryption software BitLocker to the FBI last year, complying with a search warrant tied to a fraud investigation in Guam. This marks the first ...

Microsoft has confirmed that it provided BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI in response to a valid legal order, giving investigators the ability to decrypt hard drives that would otherwise have been ...

In what's becoming all too common of late, there's a new bug affecting Windows 11 (and Windows 10) users. And when I say a "new bug," I mean one that we've seen before a couple of times, which we ...

Allowing end users to use BitLocker encryption at will is a risky proposition. I strongly recommend storing BitLocker recovery passwords in Active Directory to avoid data loss as a result of lost ...

NEW YORK, July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- EaseUS software introduces its leading disk and partition manager software, EaseUS Partition Master, with its comprehensive BitLocker solution suite to address ...

Another Windows update, another glitch. Rolling out this past Patch Tuesday, Microsoft's July update has created a hiccup for some Windows users who secure their PCs through BitLocker. Affecting ...

Have you ever experienced turning on your computer in the morning, only to be met not with your familiar desktop, but with a solid blue screen displaying a warning that says "Recovery: Enter the ...