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Half of Tor Sites Compromised, Including TORMail

Posted by samzenpus on from the out-of-action dept.

First time accepted submitter elysiuan writes "The founder of Freedom Hosting has been arrested in Ireland and is awaiting extradition to USA. In a crackdown the FBI claims to be about hunting down pedophiles, half of the onion sites in the TOR network have been compromised, including the e-mail counterpart of TOR deep web, TORmail. The FBI has also embedded a 0-day Javascript attack against Firefox 17 on Freedom Hosting's server. It appears to install a tracking cookie and a payload that phones home to the FBI when the victim resumes non-TOR browsing. Interesting implications for The Silk Road and the value of Bitcoin stemming from this. The attack relies on two extremely unsafe practices when using TOR: Enabled Javascript, and using the same browser for TOR and non-TOR browsing. Any users accessing a Freedom Hosting hosted site since 8/2 with javascript enabled are potentially compromised."

3 of 583 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Computer Intrusion by msobkow · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I judge as quickly as I am judged.

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    I do not fail; I succeed at finding out what does not work.
  2. Re:We are living in interesting times by cheekyjohnson · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    We do have to be somewhat real about this.

    Okay.

    Lolita City, the pedophile HQ of the internet, has over 15,000 members (and who knows how many 'guests').

    I don't care.

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    Filthy, filthy copyrapists!
  3. Hey butthurt libertoons! by benjfowler · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It must REALLY hurt when your silly, unrealistic ideas of internet anarchy meet reality, and are found wanting, huh?

    Freedom of speech is not absolute. Freedom to tote guns, to be a kiddie fucker, to be a dope dealer, or to wage war against your own nation, civilisation, religion or culture is not absolute either. We are in an epic war of civilisations, religions, and ideas, a war we must win, and we cannot be undermined from within by libertarian scum like you.

    And guess what? The three-letter agencies are about to administer a little reality check to you basement-dwellers.

    I salute the men and women who serve the West by protecting us, often on low pay, and at personal cost, from terrorists, gun nuts, religious whackjobs, pedos, criminals and traitors. I will not shed a tear for any of you libertoon traitors when the FBI come smashing your doors in.