'It's time to start looking for an alternative way to encrypt your files and hard drive,' wrote independent security consultant Graham Cluley (Opens in a new window).Īt first, there were concerns that some malicious attackers had defaced the site, but it's becoming increasingly clear this is not a hoax. 'You should migrate any data encrypted by TrueCrypt to encrypted disks or virtual disk images supported on your platform,' the message said. 'WARNING: Using TrustCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues,' read the text on TrueCrypt's SourceForge page. The mysterious creators abruptly shut down TrueCrypt (Opens in a new window) on Wednesday, claiming it was unsafe to use. The tool made it easy to turn a flash drive or a hard drive into an encrypted volume, securing all the data stored on it from prying eyes.

Edward Snowden allegedly used TrueCrypt, and security expert Bruce Schneier was another well-known supporter of the software. The creators of the software have not been publicly identified. The open source and freely available TrueCrypt software has been popular for the past ten years because it was perceived to be independent from major vendors.

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