Microsoft Warns Some Windows 11 Devices Could Experience Data Damage
The company says it’s happening on the latest processors
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The company says it’s happening on the latest processors
Microsoft is warning that modern PCs which support specialized encryption functions for BitLocker and other encrypted drives may be subject to data damage and performance slowdowns.
Microsoft released patches for the bug, but they can result in a performance hit for certain AES-based encryption operations. It has since released two more fixes to correct that problem.
VAES (vectorized AES) instructions used by apps like like BitLocker should accelerate disk data encryption. But Microsoft has recently had to patch a data damage flaw.
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