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==First compromise== In the summer of 1994, word spread online of the Penet remailer being compromised, with the announcement being made at the hacker convention [[DEF CON]] II. ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' magazine reported at the time: {{blockquote|An official announcement was made at this year's [[DEF CON#Venues, dates, and attendance|DefCon II]] that anon.penet.fi has been seriously compromised. We strongly suggest that you not trust this anonymous remailer. (Word has it that some folks are working on a [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]-based service.) We'll keep you posted.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date= 1994-11-01 |title=Net Surf |url= http://www.wired.com:80/wired/archive/2.11/net_surf.html |magazine=WIRED|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991117164252/http://www.wired.com:80/wired/archive/2.11/net_surf.html |archive-date=November 17, 1999 }}</ref>}} This was followed a year later by a mention in the announcement for DEF CON III: <blockquote> SPEAKERS [[Sarah Gordon (computer scientist)|Sarah Gordon]], AKA [[Theora Jones|Theora]], a veteran of DC II will be presenting another speech this year. Last year she organized a round table discussion with [[Phil Zimmermann]] and Presence, and revealed that the Anonymous remailer anon.penet.fi was compromised. TOPIC: Not Announced Yet.<ref name="CUD">{{Cite web |date=1995-02-07 |title=Computer underground Digest |url=http://venus.soci.niu.edu/~cudigest/CUDS7/cud710 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901123001/http://venus.soci.niu.edu/~cudigest/CUDS7/cud710 |archive-date=2006-09-01 |access-date=2007-04-26}}</ref> </blockquote>
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