Truecrypt site hacked?

[Derek Trotter]

Good point.   Also the people behind Truecrypt have always tried to keep 
their identities private.  If they sue, they will have to come out into 
the open.

On 05/29/2014 08:09 AM, Eric Cope wrote:
> who's going to sue if they shut the project down?
>
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:41 AM, John J. Macey <jjmacey at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jjmacey at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     Check here
>     <http://lifehacker.com/truecrypts-web-site-updates-with-ominous-warning-detai-1582879439?utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_facebook&utm_source=lifehacker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow>.
>
>     John
>     /On The Jersey Shore/
>
>
>     On 05/29/2014 04:27 AM, Ryan Rix wrote:
>>     Their license is a murky mess that could get you sued, that's the main
>>     reason:http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/distributions/2008-October/000276.html
>>
>>     Derek Trotter<expat.arizonan at gmail.com>  <mailto:expat.arizonan at gmail.com>  writes:
>>>     If this turns out to be for real, is there anything (Other than
>>>     government thugs) to prevent someone else from continuing with
>>>     Truecrypt?
>>>
>>>     On 05/28/2014 09:46 PM, Eric Cope wrote:
>>>
>>>          
>>>          I found a github repo with 7.2 and 7.1a source code... you may
>>>          want to fork and clone...
>>>          
>>>          https://github.com/warewolf/truecrypt
>>>          
>>>          
>>>          Eric
>>>          
>>>          
>>>          
>>>          
>>>          On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:38 PM, der.hans<PLUGd at lufthans.com>  <mailto:PLUGd at lufthans.com>
>>>          wrote:
>>>          
>>>          Am 28. Mai, 2014 schwätzte Derek Trotter so:
>>>              
>>>              moin moin,
>>>              
>>>              looks like TrueCrypt has problems.
>>>              
>>>              Haven't looked at Tahoe-LAFS in a while. Significant
>>>              improvements since I
>>>              last looked.
>>>              
>>>              https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs
>>>              
>>>              There's also encfs, LUKS ( cryptsetup ) and eCryptFS. Collect
>>>              them all :).
>>>              
>>>              ciao,
>>>              
>>>              der.hans
>>>              
>>>                      Today I read at The Register that the truecrypt site
>>>                  redirects to their sourceforge page, and that has a
>>>                  statement saying development has been discontinued. I
>>>                  checked and saw for myself.
>>>                  
>>>                  I'm wondering if this is for real or if the truecrypt
>>>                  people have been hacked.
>>>                  
>>>                  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/28/truecrypt_hack/
>>>                  
>>>                  If this is for real, are there any alternatives?
>>>                  
>>>                  
>>>
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