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OS X Lion update exposed encryption passwords

article published on 8 May, 2012

Debug option accidentally left enabled. Last last week, it emerged that an OS X Lion security update released in February, 10.7.3, had a flaw relating to the FileVault encryption feature. A debug option appears to have been left enabled by an engineer, which resulted in users' FileVault passwords being saved in a plain-text log file. The file is accessible outside the encrypted area ... [ read the full article ]

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8. May 2012 @ 20:42

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