Researcher behind Bluehammer/Red Sun exploits says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker on Windows 11, releases an exploit to prove it
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May 15, 2026
Well, the "security researcher" that released the Bluehammer and Red Sun exploits has apparently told Microslop to hold his beer.
https://www.techspot.com/news/112410-security-researcher-microsoft-secretly-built-backdoor-bitlocker-releases.html
I'm sure everyone has suspected Microslop had such a backdoor, but suspecting it and actually verifying it are two entirely different things. I can't wait to see how their PR machine tries to spin this after their disastrous take on the Edge plaintext password fiasco. More than likely, I suspect they'll simply patch the WinRE environment to hide it again and try to make believe that it doesn't exist.
And, to add insult to injury, the researcher has also released yet another Windows 11 privilege escalation exploit called GreenPlasma, though the proof of concept implementation was withheld.
Methinks at this point Microslop is now truly regretting having not paid this person......
And, providing yet another good reason to...
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