On March 18, the Tor Project's official blog published an article, "Tor in the News in 2021", summarizing news coverage of Tor in 2021. "ODN" has reprinted the article below.

To discreetly buy and sell drugs, the 21-year-old computer-savvy man used the dark web. However, once an item is sold online, it still needs to be shipped. It was the coming and going of these packages that gave investigators a clue.

CPR analysts strongly urge anyone wishing to donate to use a trusted source and medium. They call the dark web a potentially dangerous place and will continue to monitor it throughout the ongoing war and report any other wrongdoing.

U.S. Attorney Rollins said, "This verdict sends a clear message to dark web criminals: the federal government is getting into this. We're going to find you, and we're going to hold you accountable. Thanks to the great work of our colleagues in law enforcement, there is one less cybercriminal hiding in the shadows."

The dark web V3 domain for Twitter is https://twitter3e4tixl4xyajtrzo62zg5vztmjuricljdp2c5kshju4avyoid.onion, please bookmark it.

As Russian and Ukrainian websites have fallen victim to cyber attacks and Moscow has restricted access to some foreign social media, Internet users in both countries have turned to other online tools such as the dark web and VPN to help circumvent these blockades.

The man created and operated dark web forums through Tor that allowed anonymous drug transactions. Between 2014 and 2017, a significant amount of drugs were sold, purchased, and distributed through his dark web site. He was not personally involved in the drug dealing process and did not benefit financially from the drug trafficking.

In its announcement, Tor officials thanked the cryptocurrency community for its strong support and said that through donations, Tor has made great strides to successfully deal with the Russian blockade and is also playing an important role in improving cryptocurrency privacy.

Swissport, the world's largest airline and airport service provider, has been hit by a ransomware group behind the attack, BlackCat, and the ransom hackers have been selling all 1.6 terabytes of their stolen data on dark web sites.

Blockchain analytics provider Elliptic revealed that the four Russian sites earned a total of about $263 million in digital assets through illegal transactions. The three most commonly used cryptocurrencies are bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH) and litecoin (LTC).