22 Oct 2026 [community]

[ANN] [PSA] 333 Tor exit nodes hijacked to intercept SSH traffic and retrieve plaintext email

The lesson is the same as always: extra security is a worthwhile investment. Disable password authentication in favor of ssh keys.

@ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
It is also possible that a host key has just been changed.
The fingerprint for the ED25519 key sent by the remote host is
SHA256:6baCZCPsl+AfQuujUS81fMEE/C7UeJ+AwjrImqmDB3E.
Please contact your system administrator.

Link: https://kaba.cx/posts/20261020_Tor/

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