TrueCrypt is a discontinued source-available freeware utility used for on-the-fly encryption .
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11 Facts About TrueCrypt
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On 28 May 2014, the TrueCrypt website announced that the project was no longer maintained and recommended users find alternative solutions.
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TrueCrypt Team member David Tesarik stated that Le Roux informed the team that there was a legal dispute between himself and SecurStar, and that he received legal advisement not to comment on any issues of the case.
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The page recommends any data encrypted by TrueCrypt be migrated to other encryption setups and offered instructions on moving to BitLocker.
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On newer processors supporting the AES-NI instruction set, TrueCrypt supports hardware-accelerated AES to further improve performance.
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TrueCrypt is vulnerable to various known attacks which are present in other disk encryption software releases such as BitLocker.
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In July 2008, several TrueCrypt-secured hard drives were seized from Brazilian banker Daniel Dantas, who was suspected of financial crimes.
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TrueCrypt was carrying with him an external hard drive said to be containing sensitive documents pertaining to the 2013 global surveillance disclosures sparked by Edward Snowden.
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TrueCrypt decrypted some of encrypted files by trying words and phrases the druking group had used elsewhere as parts of the passphrase in order to make educated guesses.
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Cryptographer Matthew Green, who had help raise funds for TrueCrypt's audit noted a connection between TrueCrypt's refusal to change the license and their departure-time warning.
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In 2009 the company name TrueCrypt Foundation was registered in the US by a person named David Tesarik.
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