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Laser faults restore Secure debug on a permanently locked RP2350 A4.

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Raspberry Pi RP2350 A4, a dual-core microcontroller used in embedded devices.

The path requires possession, destructive backside decapsulation, SWD access and laboratory-grade photon-emission and laser-fault equipment.

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Researchers nevertheless restored the Secure debugger and recovered the vendor-challenge 128-bit secret from OTP.

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Saturday, September 19, 2026