Tor and silk road takedown. https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-and-silk-road-takedown
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"So far, nothing about this case makes us think that there are new ways
to compromise Tor (the software or the network). The FBI says that their
suspect made mistakes in operational security, and was found through
actual detective work."
This is probably true, but what would the FBI have said if they had solved the case using some undisclosed way of compromising the network?
This is probably true, but what would the FBI have said if they had solved the case using some undisclosed way of compromising the network?
I don't think they did compromise Tor. The mistakes that were made seem pretty believable.
Besides, the NSA does not play with the FBI so even though the NSA knows vulnerabilities the FBI doesn't necessarily have access to them.
Besides, the NSA does not play with the FBI so even though the NSA knows vulnerabilities the FBI doesn't necessarily have access to them.
Good point. So the whole Patriot and Homeland Security business has not actually changed any of this?
Ok, this makes it pretty clear that TOR hackery was not necessary to bring down this Dread Pirate: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/everything-the-silk-road-founder-did-to-get-caught