Two men recently arrested for drug charges in Ireland might represent the latest example of law enforcement officials using the complex research of Carnegie Mellon University to expose the anonymous network of Tor. So far, […]
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France Wants To Vastly Restrict Internet Use In Wake Of Paris Attacks
Still reeling from last month’s Paris terror attacks, French authorities are proposing new cyber laws that would ban Tor, the free software that allows for anonymous internet communication. The laws deal with the current state […]
FBI Paid University Researchers $1M To Spy On Dark Web Users
The FBI paid Carnegie Mellon University researchers to hack Tor hidden internet service users and sift through the data to find people who could be accused of criminal offenses. Tor, commonly known as the Dark […]
Dark Net Websites Found To Be Mostly Scams
The TOR network, known home of cybercrooks and freedom fighters alike, is seeing a wave of copied websites set up to scam users of the so-called dark web. Cloned websites, which attempt to steal login […]
Defense Department To Fund Creation Of Advanced Darknet
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the folks who brought you the internet, are looking to create an advanced, next generation, Dark Net it was reported on Tuesday. The project will build on the […]