Some reckon that there was an ongoing code audit and that an NSA-created backdoor was due to be found. Again, something that the smoke-screen was then put up to move towards a closed-source alternative, which some reckon, also has an NSA-enabled backdoor. Few security professionals, especially those involved in the creation of encryption software, would have recommended Microsoft technology.
The mystery remains about the code, but there are some strange pointers that give some clues. A strange one is that, with the code, “U.S.” has been changed to “United States”, which could point to an automated search and replace method of changing the code to reflect a possible change of ownership of the code.
The other strange thing about the post is that the page created for the re-directed looks as if it has been created by a complete amateur:
