[Cryptography] FBI Cracked TrueCrypt (lol)

Paul Madore henrypaulmadore at gmail.com
Thu Aug 6 10:35:43 EDT 2015


Hadn't noticed any mention of this on the list, but it appears a Florida
newspaper really misunderstands the difference between cracking a
password and "hacking TrueCrypt."

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-christopher-glenn-sentenced-20150731-story.html

    Glenn read up on the art of espionage and used an elaborate
    encryption system, TrueCrypt, with a decoy computer drive to
    distract investigators from another hidden drive that he protected
    with a complex 30-character password, army counterintelligence
    expert Gerald Parsons testified.

    Though prosecutors said Glenn emailed a friend a link to an article
    headlined "FBI hackers fail to crack TrueCrypt" in October 2011, he
    wasn't as lucky in his efforts.

    The FBI's counterintelligence squad in South Florida was able to
    crack Glenn's code, Parsons said.

How much residue is left after a person's brain melts on the revelation
that there is some stuff government authority can't corrupt?

-Paul

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