tyrdonar wrote:
guru wrote:
There is no crack all solution for WD
There is no one "method" for cracking WD encrpytion, but there are proprietary hardware/software solutions.
In fact, if you don't have a proprietary hardware/software methods that are more or less universal for this issue you're about 2 years behind data recovery labs who do.
Moreover, and no disrespect to the original poster, there is at least 1 lab that i know of that provides this solution commercially to consumers and businesses and not exclusively for forensics/litigation purposes.
I believe the last case that I know of with a smartware/psd issue was done for $745 USD total cost and another with failing Heads and lost smartware password was $1043 USD total.
It is not by any means a "forensic only" issue, though to be fair at the time this thread was started it was a new thing.
BTW, I've been a long time lurker to this site, and I'm pretty sure some of the Russian engineers from the lab I use read these forums regularly so I have the utmost respect for einstein, dr-kiev and the rest here.
Regards,
Tyr
"I believe" ... "I'm pretty sure" ... and again no references.
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Fact : there are solutions for - not all - issues of the WD Smartware, someone like Einstein9 as a choice seems do not offer unlock services to everyone , then "now it comes" that someone else offer such services for a precise amount.
Fact 2 : there are solutions for - not all - issues of lost Smartware passwords but there are many variables at play. First is money , everything depends if the customer whoever is, is willing to spend the money for it.
Fact 3 : Not in all countries it is possible to offer such services without infringing a law, maybe this problem is mitigated by a RSL from the customer, but I'm not sure there is an universal answer. As far as I know there are countries where cryptography is not allowed at all so all the devices that use it are restricted , then let alone cryptoanalysis...
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Speaking for Italy , there are specific issues but it is theoretically possible to offer such services within certain precise limits otherwise you can be in
very serious trouble.
"I BELIEVE" (me!) that the reported case(s) were actually not lost passwords but other issues, especially the second one. All the keys to open the door were present and/or provided. It is very different if you don't have the key at all.
P.S. I second the choice of not offering some specific services to everyone. Doing the same on a growing number of case / fields.
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