Security News

University implies they helped FBI break Tor protection because of a subpoena (Help Net Security)
2015-11-19 11:37

Carnegie Mellon University has finally issued a statement commenting on the recent accusations that their researchers have aided the FBI to unmask a subset of Tor users believed to be involved in crim...

Carnegie Mellon Says It Was Subpoenaed-And Not Paid-For Research On Breaking Tor (Threatpost)
2015-11-18 19:55

Carnegie Mellon University implied in a statement that it received a subpoena requesting its research on breaking Tor hidden services, and also implied it was not paid $1 million for the work as...

Did Carnegie Mellon Attack Tor for the FBI? (Schneier on Security)
2015-11-16 12:19

There's pretty strong evidence that the team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University who canceled their scheduled 2015 Black Hat talk deanonymized Tor users for the FBI. Details are in this...