Security News > 2020 > April > Coronavirus Crisis Forces Tor Project Layoffs
The Tor Project is laying off a third of its staff due to the current COVID-19 outbreak, the non-profit organization has announced.
The developer of the popular privacy-focused Tor Browser said the crisis hit it hard, forcing it to make some difficult decisions.
"We had to let go of 13 great people who helped make Tor available to millions of people around the world," Executive Director Isabela Bagueros noted in a blog post.
"We will move forward with a core team of 22 people, and remain dedicated to continuing our work on Tor Browser and the Tor software ecosystem," Bagueros also said.
"We are terribly sad to lose such valuable teammates, and we want to let all our users and supporters know that Tor will continue to provide privacy, security, and censorship circumvention services to anyone who needs them," she concluded.