je.st
news
Tag: tor
FBI, Carnegie Mellon Deny $1M Contract to Crack Tor
2015-11-19 21:11:21| TechNewsWorld
The FBI has denied allegations that it paid Carnegie Mellon University security researchers $1 million to crack a network designed to protect the anonymity of its users. The Tor Project, which operates the network, last week accused the FBI of cutting the CMU deal. The attack on Tor occurred from January to July 2014. The attackers discovered a way to strip the anonymity of Tor users.
Carnegie Mellon denies it accepted $1 million from FBI to break Tor anonymity
2015-11-19 20:19:17| Extremetech
Carnegie Mellon University says it was not paid by the FBI to hack Tor, but its research may still have fallen into the hands of law enforcement.
Tags: million
break
accepted
tor
Carnegie Mellon: We Didn't Get $1M to Hack Tor
2015-11-19 19:02:47| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
The university said it cooperates with subpoena requests but "receives no funding for its compliance."
Tor is getting a major security upgrade
2015-11-18 18:00:56| Extremetech
Tor has become a laughing stock in the hacker community -- can it shore up its vulnerabilities, and reassert the public's right to privacy?
Tags: major
security
upgrade
tor
FBI Paid Carnegie Mellon $1M to Crack User IDs, Claims Tor
2015-11-18 00:47:28| TechNewsWorld
The Tor Project last week claimed the FBI paid Carnegie Mellon University $1 million to crack the anonymity of Tor users. The claim appears to have been triggered by a report that said the FBI's arrest of an alleged member of Silk Road 2.0 was based on "information obtained by a 'university-based research institute' that operated its own computers on the anonymous network used by Silk Road 2.0."
Sites : [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] next »