Drug ring exposed by 'infiltrator,' not failure of Tor system
The free proxy servers of The TOR Project protect the identities of more than just hacktivists, hackers, dissidents in authoritarian countries and office drones surfing porn. Ordinary criminals apparently use it as well.
Eight people have been arrested on three continents for what federal agents called one of the most sophisticated markets for illegal drugs on the Internet.
The eight – arrested in Norway, Colombia, New York, New Jersey, Florida, Iowa, Michigan and Georgia – are charged with running The Farmer's Market, an online site the DEA and Dept. of Justice charge allowed advertisers to sell LSD, ecstasy, ketamine and other serious drugs while protecting the identity of both buyer and seller using TOR, according to the indictment filed in Los Angeles.
