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I think Veracrypt has been hacked? Fingerprint has been changed!

blip
2018-09-13
2018-09-14
  • blip

    blip - 2018-09-13

    I just downloaded Veracrypt from https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Downloads.html
    I calculated the fingerprint of the .tar.bz2 file and of the sha512sum file. The calculated fingerprint is 5069A233D55A0EEB174A5FC3821ACD02680D16DE.

    After calculating the fingerprint, I always google (or DuckDuckGo) it. There are only two results from Google.
    Results:
    https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Downloads.html
    https://www.softantenna.com/softwares/6936-veracrypt

    Usually, there are a lot more. One of the sites that I verify from:
    https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/181014/how-to-verify-certificate-fingerprint
    The fingerprint there is
    993B7D7E8E413809828F0F29EB559C7C54DDD393

    The change I have noticed from the Veracrypt page is that there is a new version (1.23) released 2 days ago. I downloaded Veracrypt around 2 days ago (cannot remember exactly when) and the fingerprint was validated by third party sources. Correct me if I am wrong, but the fingerprint should not be changed between releases for whatever reason unless the private key was compromised and they created a new one (not mentioned in the release notes). Also, a compromised private key would have me concerned.

    Any input from you guys would be appreciated.

     

    Last edit: blip 2018-09-13
  • blip

    blip - 2018-09-13

    https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Digital%20Signatures.html mentions that there is a new fingerprint post-1.22

    Why is this? How can we verify that the website has not been hacked?

    I won't touch the new version until this issue is resolved.

     

    Last edit: blip 2018-09-13
  • Enigma2Illusion

    Enigma2Illusion - 2018-09-14

    The developer explains the change in the anouncement at the top of each section and the sticky in the General Discussion section. Thread shown below.

    https://sourceforge.net/p/veracrypt/discussion/general/thread/fcd0da57/

     

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