

While most people know that the Tor network with its thousands of volunteer-run nodes provides anonymity for users who don´t want to be tracked and identified on the internet, the lesser-known hidden service feature of Tor provides anonymity also for the server operator.Īnyone can run hidden services, and many do. There are a variety of rumors about a hosting company for hidden services: that it is suddenly offline, has been breached, or attackers have placed a javascript exploit on their web site.Ī Hidden service is a server – often delivering web pages – that is reachable only through the Tor network. Around midnight on August 4th we were notified by a few people that a large number of hidden service addresses have disappeared from the Tor Network.
