Hi,
I'm wondering how did LE manage to track/trace the hosting for all the seized sites? I'm assuming SR2 was easy as there was an UC admin, but how about the others?
I thought thats what made TOR special, the fact it can't be traced, unless they did some pen testing to expose IPs off the servers.
THoughts?
Edit: From WIRED Article:
THE SHEER NUMBER OF TOR-HOSTED SITES AFFECTED BY THE TAKEDOWN RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS MAY HAVE FOUND NEW VULNERABILITIES IN TOR'S WELL-TESTED ANONYMITY SHIELD.
From what I've read the UC was invited into the forum after Ross' arrest where they were discussing SR2 being set up. He would have been privy to all the discussions about companies to use, where to go and so on I would imagine. And had admin privilages. And he's been around from day 1. Can you imagine everything he knows?
SR2 never had a chance.
Wonder who it is? It has to be someone high profile.