Master passwords and faulty standards implementations allow attackers access to encrypted data without needing to know the user-chosen password.

Researchers have found flaws that can be exploited to bypass hardware decryption without a password in well known and popular SSD drives.

During a Digitimes interview, Global Sales and Operations senior vice president B.S. Teh for Seagate Technology indicated that it is not simple for SSDs (solid-state drives) to replace HDDs (hard ...