]2016-05-08] FBI Contracted Former Tor Developer To Create Torsploit Malware

[jdebunt]

It hardly comes as a surprise to know the FBI does not officially acknowledge their use of Torsploit, claiming how they “lost the source code.” But that hasn’t kept Matthew Edman from continuing his work for the Bureau, according to Darkweb News. In fact, Edman was instrumental in bringing down Silk Road in 2013, as people feel he was responsible for tracing the bitcoin transactions of Ross Ulbricht.

https://news.bitcoin.com/fbi-tor-developer-torsploit-malware/