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One day after a group of hackers took credit for compromising the networks of Playstation and Xbox, they now appear to be targeting Tor, a network that helps its users stay anonymous online.
Tor is not a household name, so any attack on the service would not be felt as widely as the disruption of online play for millions of gamers. But Tor is used by a wide variety of people who seek anonymity online, ranging from political dissidents and whistleblowers to those engaged in more illicit activities.
The hacker group, which calls itself Lizard Squad, announced on Twitter that it would be "testing" a new "0day" — which is shorthand for a security issue that has not yet been addressed Read more...
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