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Russian Government Offers $111,000 For Cracking Tor Anonymity Network

4 million ruble which is approximately equal to $111,000 to the one who can devise a reliable technology to decrypt data sent over the Tor. Tor, an encrypted anonymizing network used by online users in order to hide their activities from law enforcement, government censors, and others. Only Russian nationals and companies are allowed to take part in the competition “in order to ensure the country’s defense and security” Tor has encountered problems in Russia before, the MVD had previously sought to ban the use of any anonymizing software.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2014/07/russian-cracking-tor-anonymity-network.html

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