Reporting on Volt Typhoon’s “JDY” Botnet Administration Via Tor Sparks Questions

Both legitimate and criminal internet users have a long-standing demand for privacy beyond the mere usage of commercially available VPN providers, and numerous articles, discussions, and research projects revolve around the (in)feasibility of being anonymous on the internet.

The Tor network is frequently cited as the most popular and best performing anonymization network today. However, when investigating Tor usage by malicious actors, a noteworthy consideration is that not all Tor nodes (also called “relays”) are created equal, with the difference …

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