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If your machine is uploading your BitLocker keys to Microsoft, it turns out Microsoft can and will give them to law ...

WhatsApp is vehemently denying claims made in a new class-action lawsuit that it can access users' private messages, labeling the suit "categorically false and absurd" ...

Meta is facing a major class-action lawsuit filed in January 2026, alleging that the company maintains "backdoor" access to ...

Forbes reports that Microsoft complied with an FBI request for decryption keys to a suspect's personal laptops last year.

A key-handling defect in the ransomware can permanently lock files by discarding private encryption keys, leaving affected ...

Modern ransomware has shifted from encryption to psychological extortion that exploits fear, liability, and exposure. Flare ...