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German Law Enforcement Reportedly Deanonymized Tor User in 2021The Tor Project on Wednesday reassured users that they remain anonymous after media reported that German police successfully used Tor to trace the alleged administrator of a child pornography site. Tor users can continue to use the browser "securely" and the "Tor Network is healthy," it said.

The Tor Project is attempting to assure users that the network is still safe after a recent investigative report warned that law enforcement from Germany and other countries are working together to deanonymize users through timing attacks. [...]

Many left reeling from July's IT meltdown, but not to worry, it was all unavoidable Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) says one in ten organizations in the country affected by CrowdStrike's outage in July are dropping their current vendor's products.…

German law enforcement seized 47 cryptocurrency exchange services hosted in the country that facilitated illegal money laundering activities for cybercriminals, including ransomware gangs. [...]

Outdated software blamed for cracks in the armor The Tor project has insisted its privacy-preserving powers remain potent, countering German reports that user anonymity on its network can be and has been compromised by police.…

Global Botnet's Victims Are in United States, Germany, Romania and Hong KongFBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday the bureau seized control of a Chinese-developed botnet that maintained access to thousands of compromised devices across the globe as part of an effort to launch widespread disruptive cyberattacks. The botnet is a Mirai variant.

Putting a spanner in work for plans of opposition party to launch a comeback during next year's elections One of Germany's major political parties is still struggling to restore member data more than three months after a June cyberattack targeting its systems.…