A company that makes a password cracking tool says that a new vulnerability found in the Mac T2 chip allows it to brute force passwords and decrypt a device.
Apple’s T2 chip, among other features, allows a Mac user to encrypt and decrypt data on their SSD. That encryption is bolstered by other security features, like a limit on the number of password attempts to mitigate brute force attacks.
Because a Mac’s password isn’t stored on its SSD, bypassing this encryption meant that an attacker would need to brute force the decryption key, which could take millions of years. However, a company called Passware says it can now defeat this security mechanism.
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