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Advisory: Server installation failure with UEFI boot mode

Update, October 25: The upstream issue causing the problem described in this advisory has been resolved. If you encounter this problem again during the installation, please let us know by filing a bug report. During a SecureDrop installation against servers with with UEFI boot mode enabled, the ./securedrop-admin install command … Read More

Release Announcement

SecureDrop 0.10.0 Released

We are pleased to announce the release of SecureDrop, 0.10.0. This release includes an update of the OSSEC monitoring software. Changes that journalists and administrators should be aware of are summarized in this blog post. A complete list of changes can be found on GitHub. What’s new in SecureDrop 0.10.0? … Read More

Pre-Release Announcement

SecureDrop 0.10.0: Pre-Release Announcement

The release of the next version of SecureDrop, 0.10.0, is scheduled for October 23, 2018. We will send out another notification through this blog, Twitter, and the support portal when the release is live. Changes that journalists and administrators should be aware of are summarized in this blog post. A … Read More

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Advisory: Installation/Workstation Update Failure on Tails 3.9

A configuration error in Tails 3.9 will cause the following operations to fail: Installing SecureDrop using an Admin Workstation running Tails 3.9 Updating the SecureDrop code on an Admin or Journalist workstation running Tails 3.9 The securedrop-admin setup step will fail with the following error: W: The repository 'tor+http://sdscoq7snqtznauu.onion/torproject.org tor-experimental-0.3.4.x-stretch … Read More

Release Announcement

SecureDrop 0.9.1 Released

Today we are announcing the release of SecureDrop 0.9.1. This is a bugfix release to fix an issue with the graphical updater which caused a “Signature verification failed” error to be shown when attempting to update a Journalist or Admin Workstation from version 0.8.0 to version 0.9.0. What administrators need … Read More

Release Announcement

SecureDrop 0.9.0 Released

We are pleased to announce the release of SecureDrop 0.9.0. This release includes a kernel update, a new feature to enable journalists to download their replies to sources, an API for the Journalist Interface, and an upgraded version of Tor. Changes that journalists and administrators should be aware of are … Read More

Pre-Release Announcement

SecureDrop 0.9.0: Pre-Release Announcement

The release of the next version of SecureDrop, 0.9.0, is scheduled for September 5, 2018. We will send out another notification through this blog, Twitter, and the support portal when the release is live. Changes that journalists and administrators should be aware of are summarized in this blog post. A … Read More

Interest Article

Come to the SecureDrop Hackathon at EFF in San Francisco on August 15th

Come work on SecureDrop at the Electronic Frontier Foundation offices on Wednesday, August 15, 2018! Event details:  Location: 815 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA 94109  Date: 6:00PM to 9:00PMSecureDrop is a whistleblower submission system that media organizations use to securely accept documents from and communicate with anonymous sources. Originally written … Read More