Re: [tor-talk] Did the CMU team out Silk Road 2 to the FBI?

2015-01-24 Thread Mirimir
On 01/24/2015 04:03 PM, Greg Norcie wrote: > > It's uncommon, but not unheard of, for someone to think just because a > paper contains no classified information, they can publish it without > running it past the agency they work for. Often after being informed > they can be sanctioned, there is no

Re: [tor-talk] Did the CMU team out Silk Road 2 to the FBI?

2015-01-24 Thread Greg Norcie
It's uncommon, but not unheard of, for someone to think just because a paper contains no classified information, they can publish it without running it past the agency they work for. Often after being informed they can be sanctioned, there is not enough time to get approval before the confere

Re: [tor-talk] Did the CMU team out Silk Road 2 to the FBI?

2015-01-23 Thread Lee
On 1/23/15, Greg Norcie wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't CERT contract out to federal > agencies sometimes? Maybe CERT isn't technically a federal agency, but it seems pretty darn close. http://cert.org/about/ The CERT Division works closely with the Department of Homeland Security

Re: [tor-talk] Did the CMU team out Silk Road 2 to the FBI?

2015-01-23 Thread Mirimir
On 01/23/2015 02:12 PM, Greg Norcie wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't CERT contract out to federal > agencies sometimes? > -- > Greg Norcie (gnor...@indiana.edu) > PhD Student, Security Informatics > Indiana University I've read that, but haven't researched the question. But if the CM

Re: [tor-talk] Did the CMU team out Silk Road 2 to the FBI?

2015-01-23 Thread Greg Norcie
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't CERT contract out to federal agencies sometimes? -- Greg Norcie (gnor...@indiana.edu) PhD Student, Security Informatics Indiana University On 1/21/15 5:59 PM, Mirimir wrote: > OK, so this is very interesting: > > | The court documents refer to a source that pr

[tor-talk] Did the CMU team out Silk Road 2 to the FBI?

2015-01-21 Thread Mirimir
OK, so this is very interesting: | The court documents refer to a source that provided "reliable | IP addresses" for Tor hidden services between January and July | of 2014, leading them back to both the servers and 78 different | people doing business on the site. | | According to a Tor blog post,