In early 2021, a reported 7,000 Bitcoin were stranded in a IronKey flash drive due to a forgotten password. In November 2018, Kingston announced that the IronKey had new features and was now FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified. announced it had acquired Ironkey's Enterprise Management Service (EMS) and other assets from Imation. On February 8, 2016, Kingston Technology Company, Inc., announced it had acquired the USB technology and assets of IronKey from Imation. As part of Imation, the IronKey portfolio includes products and intellectual property from the former IronKey, as well as technologies from Imation acquisitions of MXI Security and ENCRYPTX. In October 2012, IronKey rebranded itself as Marble Security, and the IronKey brand became wholly owned by Imation. Imation acquired IronKey in September 2011. Their products have been used by the U.S.

federal government, with a grant of US$1.4 million through the Homeland Security Research Projects Agency. IronKey's founding was partially funded by the U.S. IronKey is the brand name of a family of encrypted USB portable storage devices owned by Kingston Digital, the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc.įrom 2005 to 2012, IronKey was an Internet security and privacy company based in California. IronKey S250 8 GB encrypted USB flash drive

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