Article Review 18: We Talked to the Hacker Who Took Down a Fifth of the Dark Web
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     An Anonymous hacker took down the server Freedom Hosting II which was a hosting provider for 20% of all dark web sites
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  Initially didn’t want to take down FH2 but after allegedly finding several large child pornography sites using more than FH2’s states allowance of 256MB per site decided to take it down. Ten child pornography sites had 30GB of files implying that these sites paid for hosting and the admins knew of the illegal sites.
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   It took 21 steps to take down 


·         The hacker released a dump of system files from FH2 but not user data. The Feds have tried to identify individual users by deploying malware to grab visitors’ IP addresses because even when in control of a Tor hidden service law enforcement can’t usually see the location of each user.


Summary:
There are vigilante hackers taking down child pornography sites on Tor. The hacker does not plan on taking them down again but given the chance they would given the rudimentary approach to this hack. The Anonymous hacker also said this was their first hack.



Bibliography:
Cox, Joseph. "We Talked to the Hacker Who Took Down a Fifth of the Dark Web."Motherboard. N.p., 4 Feb. 2017. Web. 27 Feb. 2017.

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