Brazilian banker's crypto baffles FBI
Found on The Register on Sunday, 27 June 2010
Subsequent efforts to decrypt files held on the hardware using a variety of dictionary-based attacks failed even after the South Americans called in the assistance of the FBI.
The files were encrypted using Truecrypt and an unnamed algorithm, reportedly based on the 256-bit AES standard.
US computer specialists also drew a blank even after 12 months of efforts to crack the code, Brazil's Globo newspaper reports.
That's why good passwords are important. So don't use 12345; it may be good enough for your luggage though.