Re: [liberationtech] Not an Emergency: Has TrueCrypt.org been Hijacked?

2014-05-29 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 07:42:02PM -0400, Griffin Boyce wrote: > My suspicion is that either they were hacked (and had their key > stolen), or that they were ordered to shutdown and recommend > Microsoft's (presumably backdoored) BitLocker as a replacement. > BitLocker's enterprise documentation

Re: [liberationtech] Not an Emergency: Has TrueCrypt.org been Hijacked?

2014-05-28 Thread sam de silva
Hi there, I accessed the truecrpyt site less than 24 hours ago and it went to the true crypt site i have been familiar with. We are about to finalise a dig safety curriculum, so it'll be great to get some feedback from the info-sec community about this as soon as possible. Thanks in advance,

Re: [liberationtech] Not an Emergency: Has TrueCrypt.org been Hijacked?

2014-05-28 Thread Griffin Boyce
Rich Kulawiec wrote: It's probably just been hacked. Since the principals haven't commented yet, I suspect they're probably busy diagnosing and fixing it. I suggest ignoring the yapping on Twitter, having a nice microbrew, and awaiting further developments. My suspicion is that either the

Re: [liberationtech] Not an Emergency: Has TrueCrypt.org been Hijacked?

2014-05-28 Thread Rich Kulawiec
It's probably just been hacked. Since the principals haven't commented yet, I suspect they're probably busy diagnosing and fixing it. I suggest ignoring the yapping on Twitter, having a nice microbrew, and awaiting further developments. And if those further developments amount to "it's true", t