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OnionPoison: infected Tor Browser installer distributed through YouTube channel

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Here's the Tweet that kicked off a Twitter thread where Tor project shared an article describing the attack:

> Researches found that a malicious actor was distributing a modified version of Tor. 
> Any user who may have downloaded this modified version of Tor Browser will now redirected to the official Tor Project repository when requesting an update.
> 
> https://www.cyberscoop.com/modified-tor-browser-chinese-targeting/

https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1577452903417061376 [[Nitter](https://nitter.it/torproject/status/1577452903417061376)]

> This is an important reminder to download Tor Browser only from official sources, including our website, website mirrors, Get Tor bots and our Telegram channels. Learn more here: 
>
> https://tb-manual.torproject.org/downloading/

https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1577452905711345664 [[Nitter](https://nitter.it/torproject/status/1577452905711345664)]

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That article shared in the Tweet:

*'Poisoned' Tor Browser tracks Chinese users' online history, location*
https://www.cyberscoop.com/modified-tor-browser-chinese-targeting [[12ft proxy](https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cyberscoop.com%2Fmodified-tor-browser-chinese-targeting)] [[Archive](https://archive.ph/S7iQe)] 