Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects’ laptops: Reports

A news report describes Microsoft supplying BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI to unlock three laptops seized in a Guam unemployment fraud case, noting the company averages about 20 such requests per year. It raises broader privacy and security concerns that storing recovery keys in Microsoft’s cloud could enable access by law enforcement or, if the cloud is compromised, by attackers—though physical access to drives would still be required.