WD SmartWare Password Removal

[Jakiro]

Hi everyone,
I’m dealing with a WD20NMVW 2TB USB drive (ShrekLT)  with  encryption via JMicron JMS538S. . The customer set a password with WD SmartWare, but they forgot it.

The drive is healthy and not an SED drive. 

As far as I know, without the original password the data can’t be decrypted.

I just wanted to check if anyone has any ideas or tricks I might be missing.

Thanks!

[Artem Rubtsov]

Please email an SA backup  and several encrypted sectors from the beginning of the drive, I'll check if it's possible to decrypt the data. 

[Artem Rubtsov]

I guess your are not interested in recovery.

[pbzcbf...@gmail.com]

I have an obvious idea, but it requires another drive for potentially data destructive testing.

[Jakiro]

Sorry Artem, I didn’t check the forum lately.

The client already came and picked up the drive, so the case is closed on my side.

Thanks for the offer and help, much appreciated.

[Jakiro]

Anyway, he wasn’t willing to pay much in this particular case.

[Artem Rubtsov]

That's ok,

for future reference I have a way to bypass the password on 90% of JMicron encrypted drives.

[Jakiro]

That’s very interesting, thanks for sharing.

For future reference, does your method require the physical HDD to be shipped to your lab, or would a disk image be sufficient?

Also, what would the approximate cost range be for this kind of case?

[Artem Rubtsov]

I don't need access to a drive. 

I need an SA backup and a few encrypted sectors from the beginning of the drive, if the password is bypassable I can email you the correct key sector with no password.

Please email to me directly for the price.