Attackers Hijacked Over 300 Tor Exit Relays to Intercept SSH Connections

The Hacker News - Oct 21, 2026

Attackers took control of more than 300 Tor exit relays in early October and used them to redirect SSH connections to servers that stole login passwords, a researcher found. Exit relays are the last hop in a Tor circuit, where traffic leaves the network for its destination. Only a password login to an SSH server made through Tor between October 1 and 5, after accepting the interception

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