Microsoft handed over encryption keys for its hard drive encryption software BitLocker to the FBI last year, complying with a search warrant tied to a fraud investigation in Guam. This marks the first ...

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...

In context: Tech companies promote device encryption to reassure customers that their data remains private. Some, such as Apple, have resisted requests from authorities to bypass encryption. However, ...