I believe there have already been at least 2 cases of the FBI using the very mass exploitation technique discussed in the article. The 2012 investigation dubbe

I believe there have already been at least 2 cases of the FBI using the very mass exploitation technique discussed in the article. The 2012 investigation dubbed "Operation Torpedo"[0] and the Freedom Hosting exploit in 2013 dubbed "Torsploit"[1]. There were 25 arrests in the first operation and those suspects are currently fighting the search warrant because the FBI failed to give notice to the those who had the virtual search warrant executed on them within the required 30 days. Nothing has really come of the second operation (after over 10 months now) except for an arrest of someone the FBI was able to identify without the help of their exploit (they used the same user name on Tor as they did on the clearnet). [0]: http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/Fed-Tactics-on-Trial-in-Porn-Case-255716621.html http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/Fed-Tactics-on-Trial-in-P... [1]: http://www.propublica.org/nerds/item/is-the-u.s.-government-behind-torsploit http://www.propublica.org/nerds/item/is-the-u.s.-government-...