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Russia Offers $111,000 to Break TOR Anonymity Network

posted by janrinok on Saturday July 26 2014, @12:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the how-long-will-TOR-resist? dept.

present_arms writes:

International Business News reports that Russia is offering $111,000 to any citizen who can crack the popular encrypted Tor network.

FTFA:

The Russian federal government is concerned about the number of people using Tor to anonymously surf the web in the country and has set up a competition to find a technological solution to solve the problem.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is offering 3.9 million roubles ($111,000, £65,370) to researchers who will "study the possibility of obtaining technical information about users and users equipment on the Tor anonymous network," according to a translated version of the proposal. In order to apply, entrants must pay 195,000 roubles, and foreigners are not allowed to enter the competition, in order to ensure the "defence and security" of the Russian Federation.

I imagine a lot of Russian crackers will be right on this.

 
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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by be4verch33se on Saturday July 26 2014, @05:42PM

    by be4verch33se (1994) on Saturday July 26 2014, @05:42PM (#74216)

    So you have to pay roughly 5 grand for the potential of one person winning 110? Doesn't sound like a very good deal to me even if it was a straight up lottery let alone a competition.

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