minus-squaretheyprovidethepaint@lemmy.worldtoPrivacy Guides@lemmy.one•A few months ago someone (journalist?) claimed authorities cracked his 30+ char strong Veracrypt (or TrueCrypt?) passphrase. His computer was turned off when apprehended. I can not locate the story.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI suspect you are remembering this event from April, but it was actually related to Linux LUKS encryption: https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/66429.html . That said, even with an older key derivation scheme, it seems unlikely they did a full brute force. Guessing they had some unreleased info that helped them open it. linkfedilink
I suspect you are remembering this event from April, but it was actually related to Linux LUKS encryption: https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/66429.html .
That said, even with an older key derivation scheme, it seems unlikely they did a full brute force. Guessing they had some unreleased info that helped them open it.