According to the network Tor, which is used to preserve users' anonymity while browsing the web, it said it was the victim of an attack between February and July 2014.
The Tor network believes that the attack came from researchers at CERT (Carnegie Mellon's Computer Emergency Response Team) and not from a data thief or government agency.
Rumor has it that CERT researchers canceled a talk they were going to give at this year's Black Hat conference, on the possibility of someone being able to breach the network and the protection it offers, and it is said that this was the reason they didn't speak, because they finally succeeded.
It is currently unknown how much data the attackers managed to extract and store, as Tor cannot say for sure, but things do not seem to be going well, especially for a network that protects privacy.
However, if the above attack was carried out for research purposes, then the necessary feedback will come from CERT so that Tor can be improved .
All of this was announced after Russia's decision to offer $100,000 to anyone who breaks Tor.
Source: e-pcmag.gr
