Fujitsu's MHZ2 CJ series drives take crypto seriously

Coming in capacities ranging from 80 to 320GB, Fujitsu's new MHZ2 CJ series drives don't just spin at 7200rpm -- these security-conscious drives also have full-disk hardware-based AES-256 encryption, which ought to forestall indefinitely any potential laptop-nappers. We don't yet know how much the extra security will tack on to the bottom line, but they'll be out by the end of next month (in Japan, anyway).

[akstylish @ Apr 24th 2008 2:44AM]

Very nice.

[NakedOldGuy @ Apr 24th 2008 2:48AM]

Didn't hackers already find a way to bust that AES-256 hardware encryption using a can of compressed air?

[Rofl @ Apr 24th 2008 4:12AM]

Yeah I want to see them freeze, then unsolder the bga chips off the pcb and cold resolder them onto another to read their contents without heating it back up.

[CosterMonger @ Apr 24th 2008 10:30AM]

"Side channel attacks do not attack the underlying cipher and so have nothing to do with its security as described here, but attack implementations of the cipher on systems which inadvertently leak data. There are several such known attacks on certain implementations of AES."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard

[NakedOldGuy @ Apr 24th 2008 3:05PM]

Couldn't they use that method some professor came up with to copy the memory over usb?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/bootable-flash-key-makes-disk-encryption-attacks-super-simple/

Either way, heavy duty encryption is great and all but if someone swipes your laptop then don't expect all your data to remain safe.

[phanbouy @ Apr 24th 2008 3:29AM]

randomwebsite.biz

[tekdroid @ Apr 24th 2008 4:55AM]

"All data stored on the hard disk drive can be erased instantly, in less than a second, using the advanced secure erase feature. For public institutions and companies that handle large amounts of personal and other confidential data, this dramatically lowers the time and cost involved in wiping clean the hard drives of computers that are disposed of or reused."
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I'm assuming all data is encrypted to start with, so it acts like a simple fast format; no need to go over the entire surface of the drive to 'shred' the data.

[MEAT! @ Apr 24th 2008 9:00AM]

I don't see what the big deal is. My hard drives have had this security feature for years. Now if they'd only tell me _when_ it was going to be activated...

[Nutsy @ Apr 24th 2008 6:58AM]

Excellent stuff. Now just for the Labour government and its officials, HM Revenue and Customs, DVLA, Child Support system, NHS Officials, and every other government backed or controlled group that has lost tens or hundreds of thousands of personal data over the last couple of years,

To get there laptops fitted with this drive.

Oh and no you cant cold hack the encryption key out of the memory as its all in the hardware of the drive.
As some one already pointed out. You try and keep the chip cooled while you de-solder a 50-100 pin chip just to hack its key.

Anyway this drive is perfect for official users, security and IT enthusiasts...
Not so great for Joe Blogs because if his computer fails... The drives gone with it.
So no chance of getting back his porn collection when that happens.

[hage @ Apr 24th 2008 8:23AM]

Doesn't state whether it is actually FIPS 140-2, level 2, certified. Anyone know if it is? Can't use in the US federal gov if it isn't...