Its objective is to hide the identities of the users who visit them and operators of websites.
Nor did the FBI or the Carnegie Mellon University immediately respond to a request for comment.
It all started early last year with an attack on the Tor data pipe.
Relays are nodes of the Tor internet that route traffic, and can be set up by anyone.
They appear to have been targeting people who operate or access Tor hidden services.
Its unclear how the Tor Project came to conclusion that the FBI paid the Carnegie Mellon researchers.
For its part, Tor has made efforts to subsequently block the attack.
Im not aware of any payment, he added, declining to comment further.
source: www.techworm.net
