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NSA Snowden Leaks: NSA Tor Attacks - One Gov. Hand Hacking The Other By Robert Schoon | |
^Isaac^ Offer Upgrade User ID: 20898700 United States 10/05/2013 10:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The National Security Agency has been trying to hack into Tor networks, according to a new report by The Guardian's NSA watcher Glenn Greenwald. Ironically, the NSA's attempts to hack the online anonymity tool are an example of one U.S. government agency trying to defuse something promoted by another U.S. Federal agency.Like Us on Facebook The most recent NSA revelations come from top-secret NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden, and they show that NSA has repeatedly attempted to find vulnerabilities in the Tor online network.Some of those attempts involve targeting the Firefox web browser when it's using Tor, a hacking technique also suspected to be used by the FBI to take over a Tor network over the summer. The documents suggest that the NSA has had limited, piecemeal success in its attacks on Tor networks. [link to upload.wikimedia.org] [link to www.latinospost.com] |
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