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333 Tor exit nodes hijacked to intercept SSH traffic and retrieve plaintext email (arstechnica.com)
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For 3 days this month, 333 exit nodes were hacked in hopes of stealing sensitive data.

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[–] 5 points 2 weeks ago

but the attacker can't make arbitrary new sessions, because they don't get your private key.

unless the attacker takes over the session to allow its own public key, or just password auth.

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