That means all government machines, federal and state, are now basically open and not secured. Remember how leaky the FBI is now, that's already gotta be out in the wild.
this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2026
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No. This happened because the users signed in with Microsoft accounts. In a large org like a government agency they'll be using active directory, the decryption keys will be stored there, and unless they're syncing it with entra Microsoft will not have access.
Wow.
Just... ok.
MSFT really racking up the W's lately, Clippy would be so proud.
... jfc what a joke...
The mention of Meta in the summary doesn't fit. The article only mentions them in passing in reference to WhatsApp backups. Misleading and not relevant at all when talking about BitLocker. I think this is an editorial mistake but makes it read like subvertising, which is a shame for reporting on such a serious issue. How Google does keys for ChromeOS and Android would have been much more appropriate to compare with but for some reason this isn't even mentioned.