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???? https://www.uczmnie.pl ???? ???? Something's wrong in the onion world. And I don't mean our beautiful Polish land, but Tor. It turns out that German services have been able to deanonymize onion network users without any major problems since two thousand twenty-two. And probably even a little longer. We know about this from information that has hit the web in connection with cases pending in the courts, including - in particular - one very specific one. But how did they actually do it? Sources: ???? Darknet: Is the Tor network still safe? https://www.dw.com/de/internet-tor-ne... ???? Prosecutors undermine Tor anonymization https://www.tagesschau.de/investigati... ⏰ Darknet: Investigators used timing analysis to deanonymize Tor users https://www.heise.de/news/Boystown-Er... ???? twitter @hatr https://x.com/hatr/status/18362813130... ???? Country and ISP diversity are approximated by resolving IP addresses to a country code and an autonomous system. https://metrics.torproject.org/networ... ⛓️ Arrests of those suspected of being responsible and members the child pornography darknet platform “BOYSTOWN” and shutdown of this platform (PDF) https://www.bka.de/SharedDocs/Pressem... ???? Child abuse: A confirmation https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendunge... ????️ Tormap https://tormap.org/ ❓Is “KAX17” performing de-anonymization Attacks against Tor Users? / is-kax17-performing-de-anonymization-attac... ❗️Operation Liberty Lane (LE Running Gaurd and middle nodes to deanonymize HS users) / operation_liberty_lane_le_running_gaurd_and ???? Is Tor still safe to use? https://blog.torproject.org/tor-is-st... ???? Statement from Ricochet-Refresh Regarding The Recent Stories in German Media About Alleged Timing Attacks Affecting Our Users https://www.ricochetrefresh.net/#stat... ???????? German Authorities Successfully Deanonymized Tor Users via Traffic Analyis / german_authorities_successfully_deanonymiz... If you don't trust shortened links (very good!) then add a plus '+' at the end of them. This way you can see on the page bit.ly/tinyurl where they lead. Relevant xkcd: xkcd.com/552/ © All trademarks belong to their rightful owners. ❤️ Thank you for your attention. You can also find me on: Instagram @mateuszemsi / mateuszemsi Twitter @MateuszChrobok / mateuszchrobok Mastodon https://infosec.exchange/@mateuszchrobok LinkedIn @mateuszchrobok / mateuszchrobok Patronite @MateuszChrobok https://patronite.pl/MateuszChrobok Podcasts on: Anchor https://anchor.fm/mateusz-chrobok Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6y6oWs2... Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3OwjvOh Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:37 Track 02:14 Boys 05:11 Communicator 08:17 Surprise 11:55 Reaction 14:59 What to Do and How to Live? 16:07 Advertisement 16:41 End of advertisement #Tor #deanonymization #DarkNet #criminals #Germany