Hackers fail to break into Via's StrongBox - $5,000 prize was at stake

Iria · Sep 30, 2005, 03:44 PM

SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - KUALA LUMPUR - Hackers at a security conference in Malaysia failed to break into Via Technologies Inc.'s StrongBox security application during a competition, Via officials said today, but the company gathered some valuable feedback from participants.

The Taiwanese microprocessor vendor offered a $5,000 prize to any hacker that could break into StrongBox, a secure virtual hard drive of up to 40GB designed to protect data from computer intruders. Announced on Tuesday, the application uses a combination of hardware-based SHA-1 and 256-bit AES encryption (see "Hack in the Box has a prize inside").

The company ignored a one-hour time-limit rule it had in place for the contest and allowed conference attendees as much time as they wanted to try to break into StrongBox.
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Sep 30, 2005, 03:44 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Hackers fail to break into Via's StrongBox - $5,000 prize was at stake SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - KUALA LUMPUR - Hackers at a security conference in Malaysia failed to break into Via Technologies Inc.'s StrongBox security application during a competition, Via officials said today, but the company gathered some valuable feedback from participants. The Taiwanese microprocessor vendor offered a $5,000 prize to any hacker that could break into StrongBox, a secure virtual hard drive of up to 40GB designed to protect data from computer intruders. Announced on Tuesday, the application uses a combination of hardware-based SHA-1 and 256-bit AES encryption (see "Hack in the Box has a prize inside"). The company ignored a one-hour time-limit rule it had in place for the contest and allowed conference attendees as much time as they wanted to try to break into StrongBox. ___________ Read More / Source: Computerworld