Russia is to crack the Tor anonymity network out of high reward. According to British media reports, offering a reward of 3.9 million Russian rubles (about 680,000 yuan), hoping to find crack Tor anonymity network called the program.
The anonymous network hides the user's location and identity, let them through computers on the network to upload a lot of data, and the program is encrypted. Russia's Interior Ministry made this reward decision and said it was to 'ensure the country's defense and security.' This award rule only applies to the Russian people; the program submission deadline is August 13. Applicants need to pay 19.5 million rubles (about 34,000 yuan), to participate in competitions.
Read moreAccording to experts, with the help of shortcomings in design and implementation of the Tor network users can be identified.
At the Black Hat conference in 2014 information security experts Alexander Volynkin and Michael McCord will show that not only NSA can recognize anonymous Tor network users and watch them. Experts say that Tor users‘ identification doesn’t require large financial investments, the project costs just $ 3,000. The research, called “You don’t have to be the NSA to break tor: Deanonymizing users on a budget“ was published in briefing on Black Hat website. With the help of shortcomings in design and implementation of the Tor network users can be identified, experts say.
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