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Tor and VPN provider Mullvad collaborate on privacy-focused browser - SiliconANGLE

I am not going to cover the RESTRICT Act proposed legislation regarding TikTok, since just about everyone else in the alternative and right-wing corporate media seems to be covering that story, but I am going to highlight some of the many ways the U.S. Government already purchases data from Big Tech and spies on American citizens, illegally, without a warrant. These articles are from the Cyber Vice topic, a great source of information on the darker side of Tech.

Threat actors have launched global attacks leveraging malicious Tor browser installers to facilitate the distribution of a clipboard-hijacking malware aimed at exfiltrating cryptocurrency assets, reports BleepingComputer.

Attackers are targeting cryptocurrency accounts belonging to users in Russia and more than 50 other countries.

A malware disguised as Tor Browser Installer has resulted in a crypto fraud of $400k across countries like Russia and the United States.

A clipboard-hijacking malware was seen passing off as Tor browser and stealing people’s Dogecoins.

A surge of trojanized Tor Browser installers targets Russians and Eastern Europeans with clipboard-hijacking malware that steals infected users cryptocurrency transactions.

A data broker that previously sold data-pilfering tools to the U.S. military has received tens of thousands of dollars from the FBI for similar services.

The FBI previously purchased access to "netflow" data, which a company called Team Cymru obtains from ISPs. Team Cymru then sells it to the government.

Visiting Twitters Tor onion website will now show you a warning that its certificate has expired, and pushing forward will just send you to an error page..