According to a report published on The Guardian, it stated that the courts recently released court papers that show a clear trail between the government and the research that was taking place. On more than one occasion, the students were successful in their attempts, showing that they were more than your average student enrolled in a university. One adolescent even managed to stumble onto the infamous Silk Road swap shop. It was only a matter of time before Tor was aware what the tag team of authorities and students were up to and made an immediate effort to hide the identities of Tor users. It stated the following in a blog post: Carnegie Mellon, the private research university located in Pittsburgh and apparently being funded by the Department of Defence was believed to hold students that were connected to the authorities, but it looks like this report turned out to be false. Given below is a statement towards what activities the university engages in: However, according to Tor, this is not the first time where enrolled students decided to hack the private browser. The Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon compromised the network in early 2014 by operating relays and tampering with user traffic. Tor summarizes what transpired in the following statement: Looks like we have yet to reach the end of this investigation, but looking at past events, it appears that US authorities are definitely able to resort to extreme measures to achieve their goals. The Guardian
