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The FBI has the entire TorMail database in its hands

Bad news for all of them of Tormail. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has a full copy of a Tormail server and is using it as part of their investigations.

According to court documents that appeared recently, the FBI has cloned the entire e-mail service database while investigating the case Freedom Hosting.

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Τον Αύγουστο του 2013, όταν το FBI κατάσχεσε διακομιστές του δικτύου Tor, στην εταιρεία Freedom Hosting, οι ομοσπονδιακοί απέκτησαν πρόσβαση σε κάθε αρχείο κάθε ανώνυμης ιστοthat existed on Freedom Hosting servers, including the TorMail service (a service that allows anonymous sending and e-mail).

New items revealed by Wired report that these files are now being used in cybercrime investigations.

So far it is unknown how many users or how many of the TorMail network, is in the hands of the FBI, but Wired reports that the Feds know everything.

As stated on TorMail's website, administrators refused to hand over information to the FBI, even when presented with a court order. But if all the above applies, with the of the server, those who use the service, can forget about the concept of anonymity.

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