MalwareTech Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Hive Ransomware's server have been seized as a result of an international effort between the FBI, BKA, ant NHTCU. The DOJ press release claims they "Lawfully 'hacked' the hackers". It's not clear what hacking (if any) was done. According to an FBI search warrant the server was located in Los Angeles. How they were able to find the server behind Tor is anyone's guess. The warrant refers to several other warrants, which are not public, and likely will remain sealed. Full story: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/announcement-posted-hive-ransomware-groups-site-says-it-has-been-seized-by-fbi-2023-01-26/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex.exe Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Doesn't the federal government "own" Tor still? Maybe the server was theirs to begin with haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chauke Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/27/2023 at 8:16 PM, Alex.exe said: Doesn't the federal government "own" Tor still? Maybe the server was theirs to begin with haha That would be pretty funny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syntheticvoid Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) On 1/27/2023 at 2:16 PM, Alex.exe said: Doesn't the federal government "own" Tor still? Maybe the server was theirs to begin with haha Yea they funded it heavily. After reading Yasha Levine's "Surveillance Valley" it kind of blew my mind about how Tor is marketed as some super secret libertarian miracle when the us gov is behind and funding it from the very beginning More reading here https://exiledonline.com/fact-checking-the-tor-projects-government-ties/ Edited February 3 by syntheticvoid adding link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonPayload Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 56 minutes ago, syntheticvoid said: Yea they funded it heavily. After reading Yasha Levine's "Surveillance Valley" it kind of blew my mind about how Tor is marketed as some super secret libertarian miracle when the us gov is behind and funding it from the very beginning More reading here https://exiledonline.com/fact-checking-the-tor-projects-government-ties/ It's funded by The U.S. government as a way to provide cover for spies. specifically Radio Free America to decimate western news in China and other non-western countries. How most people feel about that is a different story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex.exe Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 16 hours ago, NeonPayload said: It's funded by The U.S. government as a way to provide cover for spies. specifically Radio Free America to decimate western news in China and other non-western countries. How most people feel about that is a different story. Yeah I think it was initially a Navy project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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