Paper Title: The End of Opal 2.0 and SED SSDs?

Paper Abstract: The Radboud University and National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) of Netherland discovered several critical security flaws of OPAL2.0 and SED SSD. Drives that are affected: Crucial (Micron) MX100, MX200, MX300, and Samsung T3 and T5 portable, 840 EVO and 850 EVO. Those identified security flaws and available remedies will be presented.

Paper Author: Shing Lee, R&D Senior Manager, ADATA Technology

Author Bio: Shing Lee is the R&D Technical Director of the Software Department at ADATA Technology. He is delegated to represent ADATA at the JEDEC (an Industry Standard Organization) to contribute to new industrial storage and memory standards (such as, but not limited to NGSFF and NVDIMM). Shing leads multiple engineering teams to deliver firmware for all SSD product lines. He has supported ADATA to achieve SSD market share growth from 2.5% to 5% (Consumer grade SSD, Worldwide shipping Q’ty) since 2013. Shing has over 25 years of software development experience in memory storage, datacomm, and telecomm industries. Before joining ADATA, he was the Manager of Embedded System in multiple renown companies such as Motorola, Intel. He currently holds two patents in the area of wireless communication for AI Robot applications. He has earned his master’s degree in computer science and engineering from the University of Texas in the U.S. and his bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the National Chiao-Tung University in Taiwan.