In case you missed it, in November 2015 news hit the headlines claiming the US FBI worked with Carnegie Mellon University in an effort to deanonymize tor users and bring down DNM players who ended up in handcuffs and later, I think, prison. I think nobody knows exactly what happened, but here are some headlines from the time:
- 11/11/2015: Tor Says Feds Paid Carnegie Mellon $1M to Help Unmask Users
- 11/12/2015: Tor director: FBI paid Carnegie Mellon $1M to break Tor, hand over IPs - Feds may have obtained Tor IP addresses with no warrant during Silk Road 2 case.
- 11/18/2015: Carnegie Mellon Denies FBI Paid for Tor-Breaking Research
- 11/18/2015: Both FBI And Carnegie Mellon Are Now Denying 'Accuracy' Of $1 Million Tor Surveillance Payment
- 11/18/2015: Tor employees says Carnegie Mellon did help the FBI identify tor users
Today I landed on a Carnegie Mellon University tor exit node which seems to be in the range of their exit nodes. You might want to block them in your torrc file or by other methods if possible. Please somebody more technically competent than I respond to this thread with instructions.
Here's the one I landed on and the pool of them via http://ipleak.com/full-report/
IP Leak privacy test: IP-address, DNS, WebRTC and others
IP address 204.194.29.4
IP ADDRESS: 204.194.29.4 Anonymous Proxy [REDACTED VPN ADVERTIZEMENT]
ADDRESS TYPE: IPv4
HOSTNAME: 204.194.29.4
ISP: Carnegie Mellon University
ORG: Carnegie Mellon University
IP POOL: 204.194.28.0 - 204.194.31.255
TIMEZONE: America/New_York (UTC-4)
LOCATION TIME: [BLANK]
COUNTRY: Anonymous Proxy
STATE: not determined
REGION: not determined
COORDINATES: 0, 0
SHOW: [BLANK]
Connection type: cable or DSL
Stay safe! Don't let the life crushers capture you for your non-violent "crimes."
SOLUTION: Write on any given blank line in your torrc file (as the proper privileged user):
ExcludeNodes 204.194.28.0/22
Thanks, /u/blaklite2!
How do I block these exit nodes?