Posted on February 22, 2008 by Jonathan Hensley
Researchers Find Way to Steal Encrypted Data
This NY Times article shows how a Princeton University computer security researcher is able to steal encryption codes out of DRAM by simply freezing it out of them.
“Cool the chips in liquid nitrogen (-196 °C) and they hold their state for hours at least, without any power,” Edward W. Felten, a Princeton computer scientist, wrote in a Web posting. “Just put the chips back into a machine and you can read out their contents.”
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