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Exclusive: Alleged FBI server details and login pages shared on hacking forum

The FBI has declined to comment after alleged IP addresses and physical server locations were posted to a clear web hacking forum.

A member of a popular clear web hacking forum has posted the alleged details of nine FBI.gov servers, complete with hosting ISP, IP addresses, and even what appear to be links to network login pages.

A user by the name of un3xpectedbandit made the post – headed “FBI.GOV backends/IPS/VMS” – on 30 June, with the details showing up on tracking platform Falcon Feeds not long after.

“The threat actor claims to have leaked information on several servers associated with the FBI’s back-end systems, including their IPs, server…

Using a flaw in Firefox and Tor

An Irish man who ran a cheap dark web hosting service has been sentenced today to 27 years in prison for turning a blind eye to customers hosting child sex abuse material.

While there are few who will mourn the fate of Eric Eoin Marques, 36, from Dublin, who operated the Freedom Hosting service between July 2008 and July 2013, there are a few questions about the way he was bought down.

The FBI found and exploited a security hole in Firefox to identify users of the Tor Browser Bundle. Using that they found that the hosting service contained over 200 child exploitation websites that housed millions of images of child exploitation material.

More than 1.97 million of these images or videos were not previously known by law…

Using a flaw in Firefox and Tor

An Irish man who ran a cheap dark web hosting service has been sentenced today to 27 years in prison for turning a blind eye to customers hosting child sex abuse material.

While there are few who will mourn the fate of Eric Eoin Marques, 36, from Dublin, who operated the Freedom Hosting service between July 2008 and July 2013, there are a few questions about the way he was bought down.

The FBI found and exploited a security hole in Firefox to identify users of the Tor Browser Bundle. Using that they found that the hosting service contained over 200 child exploitation websites that housed millions of images of child exploitation material.

More than 1.97 million of these images or videos were not previously known by law…