Microsoft Accidentally Leaks Key to Windows Backdoor
In a cautionary tale to those who favor government-mandated backdoors to security systems, Microsoft accidentally leaked the key protecting its UEFI Secure boot feature.
As we all know, the problems with backdoors are less the cryptography and more the systems surrounding the cryptography.
Steinar H. Gunderson • August 15, 2016 7:26 AM
They didn’t really leak a key, though. It’s more subtle, and it’s possible that it doesn’t affect x86. See Matthew Garrett’s explanation at https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/44223.html for more information.