Tor Network Defends Anonymity Amid German Police Deanonymization Claims

The Tor Project asserts that recent user deanonymization was due to outdated software, not a flaw in the network's current security protocols.

The Tor Project insists its network remains secure despite reports of German authorities deanonymizing a user through timing analysis attacks.
German police reportedly identified a Tor user involved in illegal activities by exploiting an outdated version of the Ricochet messaging service.
The attacks focused on timing data packets between compromised nodes to trace the user's location, a method known as timing analysis.
Tor has updated its protocols since 2018 to combat such vulnerabilities, and the compromised Ricochet service was retired in June 2022.
The Tor Project calls for users to keep their software updated and emphasizes ongoing efforts to diversify and secure the network's relay nodes.