The IRC dude said flat out that the "bad guys" have the private key and the encrypted data. They also have made no claims that turned out to be untrue yet.
The Blog post infers that the bad guys have the private key by talking about passphrases. Why are passphrases on the private key even a discussion topic unless the private key has fallen into "enemy" hands?
Therefore the ONLY thing between them and unencrypted data is the passphrase protecting the private key.
The article and the IRC log.
The IRC dude said flat out that the "bad guys" have the private key and the encrypted data. They also have made no claims that turned out to be untrue yet.
The Blog post infers that the bad guys have the private key by talking about passphrases. Why are passphrases on the private key even a discussion topic unless the private key has fallen into "enemy" hands?
Therefore the ONLY thing between them and unencrypted data is the passphrase protecting the private key.