Giving Away Crypto Keys for $230

We all know that 256-bit AES is pretty near uncrackable when we throw lots of CPU power at it. In fact, we could turn on all the computers in the world, and let them run for a billion years, and we still wouldn’t be able to brute force it. But … it gives away its secrets for just $230 [here]:

The setup from researchers at Fox-IT and Riscure monitors the radiation from a processor and guesses the 256-bit…

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE

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Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. EU Citizen. Auld Reekie native. Old World Breaker. New World Creator.

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