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Is it possible or just theoretically possible? It doesn't seem much of an attack vector?
I also guess it's more from law enforcement siezing equipment too?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_boot_attack
If whoever wants that data has the resources, it’s possible. Likely it would be a coordinated state agency takedown, where the data center operator assists, and a huge squad de-racks and dumps whole servers into vats of liquid nitrogen.
More likely is they try to get access to the systems while running via the CPU’s backdoor management subsystem