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    • JaredBusch
      JaredBusch last edited by

      truecrypt.org now redicrects to: http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/

      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7812133

      http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/05/truecrypt-is-not-secure-official-sourceforge-page-abruptly-warns

      Not in wayback machine? wtf?
      https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.truecrypt.org

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      • Dashrender
        Dashrender last edited by

        wow.. that's a real blow to security!

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        • scottalanmiller
          scottalanmiller @Dashrender last edited by

          @Dashrender said:

          wow.. that's a real blow to security!

          Defacing a web site doesn't really tell us anything about the security. The website isn't protected by truecrypt or likely managed by them.

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          • Dashrender
            Dashrender last edited by

            I'm refering to the fact that they have probably canceled the project/product.

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            • Bill Kindle
              Bill Kindle last edited by

              wow, that really blows the big one. I loved TrueCrypt.

              I wonder what happened, there's almost next to zero news out there about it.

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              • Bill Kindle
                Bill Kindle last edited by

                Strange indeed after this was just released last month.

                Now to put on my tinfoil hat...........this abrupt revelation smacks of some real spook stuff.......
                http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/04/truecrypt-audit-finds-no-evidence-of-backdoors-or-malicious-code/

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                • scottalanmiller
                  scottalanmiller @Bill Kindle last edited by

                  @Bill-Kindle said:

                  wow, that really blows the big one. I loved TrueCrypt.

                  I wonder what happened, there's almost next to zero news out there about it.

                  Right now we only know that the site was hacked. There is no solid news if there is anything wrong with Truecrypt but since it is open source and no information about the exploit has been told, it is relatively safe to assume that it is a scam.

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                  • Bill Kindle
                    Bill Kindle last edited by

                    The more I've read about it I'm seeing that the MD5 hashes weren't matching up, so if it's a hoax, it's pretty damn elaborate.

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                    • scottalanmiller
                      scottalanmiller @Bill Kindle last edited by

                      @Bill-Kindle said:

                      The more I've read about it I'm seeing that the MD5 hashes weren't matching up, so if it's a hoax, it's pretty damn elaborate.

                      Which checksums weren't matching?

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                      • Bill Kindle
                        Bill Kindle last edited by Bill Kindle

                        let me go back and find that article.

                        Edit. Apologies, I read part of the article wrong. BILL FAIL

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                        • Reid Cooper
                          Reid Cooper @Bill Kindle last edited by

                          @Bill-Kindle said:

                          let me go back and find that article.

                          Edit. Apologies, I read part of the article wrong. BILL FAIL

                          LOL

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                          • Reid Cooper
                            Reid Cooper last edited by

                            Does that mean we don't think that there is anything to this?

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                            • StrongBad
                              StrongBad @Reid Cooper last edited by

                              @Reid-Cooper said:

                              Does that mean we don't think that there is anything to this?

                              Sniff test says that this is a scam to me.

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                              • T
                                technobabble last edited by

                                Well everyones talking about it on twitter and other websites. Here's what PC World is saying: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2241300/truecrypt-now-encouraging-users-to-use-microsofts-bitlocker.html

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                                • StrongBad
                                  StrongBad last edited by

                                  Not sure that that clears anything up. If the site was hacked that would explain this. Something is very fishy. And what about non-Windows users. XP retirement would mean nothing for them.

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                                  • alexntg
                                    alexntg @technobabble last edited by

                                    @technobabble said:

                                    Well everyones talking about it on twitter and other websites. Here's what PC World is saying: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2241300/truecrypt-now-encouraging-users-to-use-microsofts-bitlocker.html

                                    That makes sense, as Windows has the same functionality built-in.

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                                    • alexntg
                                      alexntg @StrongBad last edited by

                                      @StrongBad said:

                                      Not sure that that clears anything up. If the site was hacked that would explain this. Something is very fishy. And what about non-Windows users. XP retirement would mean nothing for them.

                                      OS X has had disk encryption for years.

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                                      • Dashrender
                                        Dashrender @alexntg last edited by

                                        @alexntg said:

                                        @technobabble said:

                                        Well everyones talking about it on twitter and other websites. Here's what PC World is saying: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2241300/truecrypt-now-encouraging-users-to-use-microsofts-bitlocker.html

                                        That makes sense, as Windows has the same functionality built-in.

                                        Sure, but it's closed source.. so it's really not trustworthy!

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                                        • alexntg
                                          alexntg @Dashrender last edited by

                                          @Dashrender said:

                                          @alexntg said:

                                          @technobabble said:

                                          Well everyones talking about it on twitter and other websites. Here's what PC World is saying: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2241300/truecrypt-now-encouraging-users-to-use-microsofts-bitlocker.html

                                          That makes sense, as Windows has the same functionality built-in.

                                          Sure, but it's closed source.. so it's really not trustworthy!

                                          Until recently, no one had actually audited TrueCrypt's code, so for a very long time, it could have had massive backdoors that no one cared to look for. Whether it's open source or close source, it doesn't really matter. On one side, you hope the folks that wrote it were trustworthy and that if there were any issues, they or an associate caught it. On the other hand, you hope that the folks that wrote it were trustworthy and that if there were any issues, they or an associate caught it. Unless you're manually auditing the code yourself, what does it matter?

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                                          • JaredBusch
                                            JaredBusch last edited by

                                            This seems too coordinated for a hack IMO. There are way too many pieces being changed at the same time. Yeah if it was just the website or just the source code, but the way back machine has no info? That is abnormal. The new executable being signed with the correct but recently reissued key? Unusual.

                                            This is a lot of stuff to change and would be an unprecedented public hack.

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