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Author: Derek Trotter
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Truecrypt site hacked?
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 <
> <mailto:PLUGd@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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