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The maker of the popular open source file encryption software VeraCrypt said Microsoft locked his online account, which may prevent device owners from booting up their computers.
The developer of VeraCrypt indicates that Microsoft has disabled, without clear warning, the account used to sign the drivers and the software boot loader. This decision threatens the release of future versions for Windows, especially on Secure Boot-protected machines.
Microsoft Killed a VeraCrypt Developer Account Without Warning — and Nobody Knows Why
On a quiet Monday in late June, the developer behind one of the most widely trusted open-source encryption tools in the world woke up to discover that Microsoft had terminated his account. No warning. No explanation. Just a terse notification that his Microsoft account — and with it, his ability to sign VeraCrypt’s Windows driver — had been shut down. The account belonged to Mounir Idrassi, the French developer who has maintained VeraCrypt since…
Locked accounts, missing signatures and many problems: The encryption software VeraCrypt is in a massive crisis. Microsoft is preventing current Windows updates and is bringing the open source VeraCrypt project almost to a halt. (Read more)
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