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Kevin Okemwa

Microsoft issues mitigation for critical Windows 11 BitLocker flaw exploited with a USB key — "Can't come up with an explanation beside the fact that this was intentional."

Windows 11 desktop showing group policy editor and command prompt. The editor highlights a setting, while command prompt displays a successful encryption command.

"Just can't come up with an explanation beside the fact that this was intentional. Also for whatever reason, only windows 11 (+Server 2022/2025) are affect, windows 10 is not," explained security researcher Chaotic Eclipse (better known as Nightmare-Eclipse) after they managed to bypass Windows 11's sophisticated BitLocker security feature using a USB stick.

The security sleuth posted the zero-day exploit known as YellowKey, which essentially enabled them to access a locked file. As explained by our friends over at Tom's Hardware:

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