On Montag, 16. September 2024 12:31:24 CEST isabela fernandes wrote: > On September 9, 2024, The Tor Project received a press inquiry from > Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR, part of ARD, a German public broadcaster) with > The reporter claims to have "evidence that shows that in several cases > German law enforcement authorities were able to locate the Tor entry node > of onion services and thus successfully deanonymise Tor users. V2 and V3 > onion addresses were affected at least between Q3/2019 and Q2/2021." The > reporter further claims that "law enforcement agencies used so-called > timing analyses and broad and long-term monitoring of Tor nodes in data > centres." :-) I will definitely watch that. NDR is known for high-quality investigative journalism. > As of today, The Tor Project has not been granted access to supporting > documents, and has not been able to independently verify if this claim is > true, if the attack took place, how it was carried out, and who was > involved. It will probably be about Operation Liberty Lane. (United States, Brazil, Germany, and the United Kingdom) Some court documents are linked here, in the google sheets: https://safereddit.com/r/TOR/comments/19benkx/operation_liberty_lane_le_running_gaurd_and/?rdt=40060 Gus may have gotten some more documents. We already had this on the agenda at 2 Relay meetups. > In the absence of facts, it is hard for us to issue any official guidance > or responsible disclosures to the Tor community, relay operators, and users > at this time. > > We are calling for more information from you. > > If you have any information that can help us learn more about this alleged > attack, please email security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. > > Your assistance will help all of us take the necessary steps and > precautions to keep Onion Services safe for the millions of users that rely > on the protections Tor provides. For my Onion Services I use Vanguards with a list of over 1000 trusted nodes in EntryNodes, HSLayer2Nodes and HSLayer3Nodes. https://github.com/mikeperry-tor/vanguards -- ╰_╯ Ciao Marco! Debian GNU/Linux It's free software and it gives you freedom!
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