To make a long story long, it is possible-but only theoretically.

To make a long story short, no, encrypted data recovery is impossible without the password. Is Encrypted Data Recovery Possible Without a Password? Recovering data from encrypted storage devices takes a few extra steps compared to recovering unencrypted data, but as long as we have access to our client’s proper credentials, the process usually goes fairly smoothly (although it can take a bit longer).īut as we’ll explain in this encrypted data recovery case study, data recovery is only really feasible when we know the password to decrypt the data. We deal with everything from SmartWare and FileVault encryption to PGP and EFS encryption. The user wanted to know if we could perform encrypted data recovery without knowing the password to the device.Īt Gillware, we deal with encrypted data recovery cases all the time. Furthermore, the device had a protection against “brute-force” guessing the password-10 incorrect password entries would completely wipe the device, erasing all of its contents. However, the data was inaccessible because the device was password-protected with 256-bit AES encryption-and the user had forgotten the password. The USB flash drive itself was in perfect condition. Recently, a potential client contacted us, wondering if we could recover data from their Apricorn Aegis Secure Key 3.0 USB drive. 4.1 Forgot Your Password? Here’s the Best Encrypted Data Recovery Method

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