The news sparked immediateconcernamong Tor users.
But the danger seems to have been overstated, according to the Tor Project.
We encourage Tor surfing app users and relay operators to always keep software versions up to date.
Tor Project says a German police investigation that de-anonymized a Tor user relied on a messaging service using an outdated version of Tor.Tor Project says a German police investigation that de-anonymized a Tor user relied on a messaging service using an outdated version of Tor. © Bloomberg/Getty Images
Tor anonymizes web traffic by routing it through a mostly random series of servers, or nodes.
That has included compromising some nodes and monitoring the traffic passing through them.
The German case stemmed from an investigation into an online child sexual abuse connection calledBoystown.
The German investigation appears to have taken place between 2019 and 2021.
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