---
title: "Did German Police Break Tor?"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/did-german-police-break-tor--v8metuoim
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ8qnzPPYx0
type: video:youtube
source: "Mental Outlaw"
published: 2024-10-13T22:57:10.709Z
updated: 2024-10-13T22:57:20.238Z
tags: ["cyber", "privacy"]
reading_time: 9
upvotes: 15
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Did German Police Break Tor?

**[Mental Outlaw](https://daily.dev/sources/mentaloutlaw)** · 9 min read · 15 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

Recent collaboration between German federal police and international law enforcement to arrest administrators of an illegal dark web site has raised concerns about the Tor network's resilience against nation-state attacks. Despite Tor's multi-layered encryption and global node distribution, international surveillance partnerships pose a challenge. The arrest methods used did not involve large-scale node compromise but targeted attacks like guard discovery. This case underscores potential vulnerabilities in Tor but also highlights that the administrators were lax in operational security, not using recent security enhancements like vanguards. Tor remains generally safe if used wisely, especially for non-criminal activities.

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**@thecookingsenpai** · 0 upvotes

> Summary by [YouLama](https://github.com/tcsenpai/youlama)
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> ## Introduction
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> A recent publication has sparked concern about the resilience of the Tor Network against nation-state threat actors. Despite its robust encryption, which bounces connections across multiple servers worldwide to protect user anonymity, international law enforcement collaborations are making it harder to maintain this security. Key alliances like Five Eyes, Nine Eyes, and Fourteen Eyes include many countries that host a significant number of Tor nodes, such as Germany, the United States, and the...

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