Why we are blocking Tor IPs

We are going to block Tor IP addresses from signup, login, and search our OSINT databases and services as of today. Read here in brief why!

Hong Kong ‘No Consent’ letters not guaranteed to freeze bank accounts

The Hong Kong Police Commissioner’s use of the ‘No Consent Regime’ to encourage three banks to freeze customer bank accounts, in circumstances where the banks had no independent suspicion of unlawful activity by bank account holders, was unlawful. The decision is relevant for a bank which receives information from the police about a customer’s account where the bank has no prior suspicions of its own: Tam Sze Leung & ors v Commissioner of Police [2021] HKCFI 3118.

Correlating websites hosted on the same Cloudflare account

Cloudflare has been an asset to cyber crime organizations due to their ability to hide IP addresses using their reverse proxy service, however it can also be an asset for researchers trying to investigate these organizations by correlating different websites hosted under their ownership

IMPORTANT NOTE

Artefaktum HQ is relocating to Switzerland within next 3 months and will be ready to serve beginning of July 2025