[Infowarrior] - Tor anonymity network compromised following potential raid by law enforcement agencies

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Tor anonymity network compromised following potential raid by law enforcement agencies

By Anthony Cuthbertson
December 22, 2014 14:01 GMT

Tor network exit nodes appear to be down following a possible raid by law enforcement agencies(TOR Project)
The Tor network has been hit by attempts to incapacitate its servers in what appears to be raids from law enforcement agencies aiming to disrupt the online anonymity tool.

Thomas White, an operator of a large exit node cluster for the Tor network, reported "unusual activity" on his Tor servers. After losing control of his servers he suggested that "they may be under the control of law enforcement".

The unusual activity comes shortly after a warning from the Tor Project lead developer Roger Dingledine, known online as "arma", that he believed there would be attempts to disable the Tor network.

"The Tor Project has learned that there may be an attempt to incapacitate our network in the next few days through the seizure of specialised servers in the network called directory authorities (directory authorities help Tor clients learn the list of relays that make up the Tor network," Dingledine wrote in a blogpost.

"We are taking steps now to ensure the safety of our users, and our system is already built to be redundant so that users maintain anonymity even if the network is attacked. Tor remains safe to use.”

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http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tor-anonymity-network-compromised-following-potential-raid-by-law-enforcement-agencies-1480620

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