Users of the anonymity-focused Tor Network are at risk of losing their cryptocurrencies to a continuous large-scale cyberattack that was launched in early 2020, new data suggests.
According to a report published by cybersecurity researcher and Tor node operator Nusenu yesterday, an unidentified hacker has been adding thousands of malicious servers to the Tor network since as early as January 2020. Despite being shut down several times, the attacker continues to track and intercept users’ crypto-related data to this day.
Exploiting demand for anonymity
Tor is free and open-source software that allows users to anonymize their Internet traffic by sending it through a network of servers operated by volunteers. In order to take advantage of this system, the hacker has been adding their own malicious nodes, marked as “exit relays,” to the network.
“In May 2020 we found a group of Tor exit relays that were messing with exit traffic. Specifically, they left almost all exit traffic alo
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