A Lenovo USB drive promoted as offering AES-256 encryption and fingerprint-based access has been described as a security sham following an analysis of the device.
According to the available report, the drive does not actually protect the stored data, despite its security claims. The findings raise questions about the effectiveness of both the fingerprint authentication and the advertised encryption.
The product is presented as a password- and fingerprint-protected storage device, but the analysis indicates that its security features do not provide the expected protection for users’ files. No further technical details from the investigation were available in the recovered material.
Sources: Golem.de.