[liberationtech] Freedom House / Tor Hidden Service compromise traced to SAIC/NSA

[Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb]

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Is this true?

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/researchers-say-tor-targeted-malware-phoned-home-to-nsa/

Initial investigations traced the address to defense contractor SAIC, which provides a wide range of information technology and C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) support to the Department of Defense. The geolocation of the IP address corresponds to an SAIC facility in Arlington, Virginia.

Further analysis using a DNS record tool from Robotex found that the address was actually part of several blocks of IP addresses allocated by  SAIC to the NSA. This immediately spooked the researchers.


[1] http://www.domaintools.com/research/ip-explorer/?ip=65.222.202.53
[2] http://www.saic.com/
[3] http://pop.robtex.com/nsa.gov.html#records

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Bernard / bluboxthief / ei8fdb

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