Today, security devotees woke up with a stunning news that Truecrypt has finished its advancement and cautions clients that the instrument utilized for scrambling drive is not protected to utilize.
Clients who attempt to get to the authority Truecrypt site are consistently redirected to the authority sourceforge page of Truecrypt(truecrypt.sourceforge.net/). The page shows the accompanying message:
"ALERT: Applying Truecrypt just isn't safeguarded as it may contain unfixed safety issues".
The message proceeded with "The advancement of Truecrypt was finished in 5/2014 after Microsoft ended backing of Windows XP. Windows 8/7/Vista and later offer coordinated backing for scrambled circles and virtual plate pictures. Such coordinated backing is likewise accessible on different stages (click here for more data)."
The page proposes clients to move any information scrambled by Truecrypt to encoded plates upheld on their stage. It likewise has given steps to moving to a scrambled Bitlocker drive.
A lot of people, including me, are not ready to accept our eyes. It is indeterminate whether it is official publication from the advancement group or somebody has hacked the Truecrypt site.
Matthew Green, who shows cryptography at Johns Hopkins, specialist included with the Truecrypt review, tweeted that he supposes the news is real.
Another parallel (Truecrypt v7.2) has been transferred to sourceforge page in the most recent 24 hours. After opening this double, the accompanying blunder message is generally shown:
The double is not permitting clients to "make new volume". It just permits you to mount the volumes. Clients are exhorted not to download this most recent adaptation, as it may contain pernicious code.