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Raspberry Pi Pico cracks BitLocker in under a minute

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STIX ID: report--27798eec-1caf-5265-9d2f-0009ba5a947e

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
65/100

Date Published: 2024-02-07

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Richard Speed

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A YouTube proof-of-concept demonstrates using a Raspberry Pi Pico and simple hardware to intercept an unencrypted BitLocker key transmitted between a discrete TPM and CPU, allowing rapid access to BitLocker-protected drives with physical access; mitigation is to require a user PIN.

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