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> Police were also able to bypass encryption on the suspect’s CyberPowerPC, where they discovered an extension app for LastPass.

Mentioning the brand of CyberPowerPC here is irrelevant in my opinion. Last I checked, they only really make cases and do fancy lighting on custom builds which are generally used for gaming and running Windows.

It would have been more relevant to say Windows PC, or whatever OS the PC was running.

But I suppose it's a bit much to expect Forbes writers to be in tune with this, and the police might not have given more details beyond the brand name.



More importantly, how were they able to bypass the encryption?


The easiest way to break encryption at rest on anybody's CyberPowerPC(tm) is to capture the machine in its powered-on (and unencrypted) state.


I would guess the browser extension had no automatic logout configured.




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