Cthulhu (developer) explained

Thomas White aka Cthulhu is a British former Tor hidden service developer and administrator. He co-founded Silk Road 2.0 and DDoSecrets.[1]

Activities involved being consulted on a number of Tor security matters such as dark web scams,[2] [3] law enforcement raids[4] and darknet markets.[5]

He has hosted a number of data dumps including those associated with Hacking Team,[6] Ashley Madison,[7] and Patreon.[8] [9]

In January 2016 he hosted a release of the files hacked from the Fraternal Order of Police.[10] [11]

Arrest & Silk Road 2.0

In November 2014, White was arrested as the mastermind behind Silk Road 2. In April 2019, White pleaded guilty to charges including drug trafficking, money laundering, as well as making indecent images of children, and was sentenced to a total of 5 years and 4 months in prison.[12]

Career (other activities)

He had claimed to have worked in a security vetted/cleared role at Enhanced Developed Vetting (eDV) level from August 2013 to December 2016 on his LinkedIn profile. [13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cox ยท . Joseph . 2024-08-12 . Co-Founder of DDoSecrets Was Dark Web Drug Kingpin . 2024-08-13 . 404 Media . en.
  2. News: Cox. Joseph. This .Onion Farmer Is Squatting on 40 Million Dark Web Domains. 29 January 2016. 14 September 2015.
  3. News: Cox. Joseph. Dark Web Spam Is Stealing People's Bitcoins. 29 January 2016. 12 June 2015.
  4. News: Pauli. Darren. STAY AWAY: Popular Tor exit relays look raided. 29 January 2016. 22 December 2014.
  5. News: Cox. Joseph. This Researcher Is Hunting Down IP Addresses of Dark Web Sites. 29 January 2016. 22 June 2015.
  6. News: Osbourne. Charlie. Hacking Team: We won't 'shrivel up and go away' after cyberattack. 29 January 2016. 7 June 2015.
  7. News: Sposito. Sean. Why an Internet activist refuses to take down Patreon breach data. 29 January 2016. 8 October 2015.
  8. News: Goodin. Dan. Gigabytes of user data from hack of Patreon donations site dumped online. 29 January 2016. 2 October 2015.
  9. News: Fox-Brewster. Thomas. Dark Web Denizen Declines To Ditch Patreon Data Dump. 29 January 2016. 5 October 2015.
  10. News: Cox. Joseph. US Police Organisation Hacked, Documents Posted Online. 29 January 2016. 29 January 2016.
  11. News: Swaine. Jon. Hackers post private files of America's biggest police union. 29 January 2016. 29 January 2016.
  12. News: Cox. Joseph. Silk Road 2 Founder Dread Pirate Roberts 2 Caught, Jailed for 5 Years. 13 April 2019. 12 April 2019.
  13. Web site: https://twitter.com/deku_shrub/status/1117809803169009664 . 2022-10-14 . Twitter . en.

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