Author of TrueCrypt - Global Criminal

[lxskllr]

A veeeery lenghty multi part article on the founder of TrueCrypt. Definitely not for the tl;dr crowd, and not fully published yet, but an interesting read...

https://mastermind.atavist.com/an-arrogant-way-of-killing

 

[Kaido]

Fun read. I'd be interested to see them do a similar expose on Bitcoin.

 

[notposting]

Holy shit probably sums it up.

 

[uhohs]

wow

 

[mcveigh]

What does this have to do with True crypt?

cool read so far!

 

[John Connor]

Bookmarked for latter.

 

[John Connor]

Okay, read it but there was no mention of Truecrypt. I read that the authours weren't even known.

So is Paul Le Roux the author of Truecrypt?

 

[lxskllr]

Okay, read it but there was no mention of Truecrypt. I read that the authours weren't even known.

So is Paul Le Roux the author of Truecrypt?

It goes into it in episode three. The tl;dr is "probably", and that's about the best you'll get for software with shady origins.

 

[Beer4Me]

Click bait? This has nothing to do with computers, coding, etc. Basically about murder and drugs, or everyday life in Mexico.

 

[ElFenix]

sounds like McAfee

 

[sourceninja]

...

 

[BoberFett]

That. Is. Awesome.

Somebody needs to make a TV series about this guy. Movie length wouldn't do it justice.

 

[John Connor]

Okay, can someone just give me the synopses? I just don't have time to read a long article about murders & drugs.

 

[sourceninja]

...

 

[Jeff7]

Okay, can someone just give me the synopses? I just don't have time to read a long article small novel about murders & drugs.

FTFY

 

[John Connor]

The guy who maybe wrote truecrypt is a bond villain.

So it was Le Roux!

Now this is good reading! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueCrypt#E4M_and_SecurStar_dispute

I'll never use my computer the same.

I had noticed a hazy connection between the body and a man named Paul Le Roux, a South African who was reputed to be the most prolific international criminal of the 21st century. The scant information I could find on Le Roux suggested his involvement in weapons shipments, gold smuggling, and online prescription-drug sales. But he was also a kind of phantom, reportedly captured by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration in 2012 and then disappeared to work as a valuable asset. My attempts to find out who Le Roux really was, and why the U.S. wanted so badly to keep him a secret, had led me from New York to Manila and then to this vacant lot, where I suspected that Le Roux’s ghostly influence had once been manifest.