The second paragraph of the article lists multiple new vulnerabilities found in Truecrypt just recently, some of which make the overall encryption weaker, other

The second paragraph of the article lists multiple new vulnerabilities found in Truecrypt just recently, some of which make the overall encryption weaker, others which allow attacking a mounted drive. An attacker knowing these flaws now has a smaller attack surface than a decade ago, since he now knows some weaknesses. There's the magic.