Diego is correct.Truecrypt or rather AES, Serpent and other algorithms are uncrackable.What the news is talking here about is not cracking the code, but extracting the code from active memory in “live” system powered up and when a user has accessed Truecrypt and typed in a password.So to be able to actually grab the code of an encrypted system, FBI would have to knock down your door, brake into your house and be lucky enough to find your computer turned on. The case presented a noteworthy real-world test which proved the strength of TrueCrypt. They enlisted the help of the FBI, who used dictionary attacks against Dantas’ disks for over 12 months, but were still unable to decrypt them. The Brazilian National Institute of Criminology (INC) tried unsuccessfully for five months to obtain access to his files on the TrueCrypt-protected disks. What about this?Operation SatyagrahaIn July 2008, several TrueCrypt-secured hard drives were seized from a Brazilian banker Daniel Dantas, who was suspected of financial crimes.
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