The Feds Would Rather Drop a Child Porn Case Than Give Up a Tor Exploit

The Feds Would Rather Drop a Child Porn Case Than Give Up a Tor Exploit

THE DEPARTMENT OF Justice filed a motion in Washington State federal court on Friday to dismiss its indictment against a child porn site. It wasn’t for lack of evidence; it was because the FBI didn’t want to disclose details of a hacking tool to the defense as part of discovery. Evidence in United States v. Jay Michaud hinged at least in part on information federal investigators had gathered by exploiting a vulnerability in the Tor anonymity network.

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