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tektmz
May 18, 2022Copper Contributor
Bitlocker Automatically Activated on External Drive
Left my Seagate external drive plugged into the docking station at work. Next day Bitlocker was activated. Been through the ringer with IT who shows our Bitlocker for External Drives was disabled. No...
Anonymous
May 18, 2022Hi, you certainly shouldn't fix it yourself!
the computer should be disconnected from the network and forwarded to the IT department - for checking (it may have been infected and partially taken over)
These are the scenarios of an attack on an organization, and your attempts at repair are the next steps that the attacker predicted.
Ask for a new computer to work with.