GoBalance Flaw Lets Attackers Hijack onion Addresses by Recovering TorFormat Keys

A bug in GoBalance a tool many darkweb sites use to stay reachable during attacks lets anyone work out the secret key that controls a sites onion address using only public information and then take that address over Searchlight Cyber which disclosed the flaw on October 8 says an attacker who recovers the key can redirect the sites visitors to a copy of the site they control