Quantum-Chaos, a technology solutions company based in Delaware with operations in the Caribbean has created a website that searches the TSTT data dump on the dark web and allows a user to find out if their name is in the information archive posted there.
The company has used Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on scanned information and indexed the four million record customer database to provide a resource that users on the open internet can use to discover if their names or other information are in these documents.
Searches do not access the actual data and only provide a count of instances of the search term.
The deep web is not searchable and most websites there are not indexed the way that the open internet is.
Update (November 06, 2023): Quantum-Chaos representatives note that all of the data in the files has not been indexed yet. A representative explained that, “If known names are not being returned yet. It’s because it hasn’t been indexed yet.”
Update (November 07, 2023): Concerns about the limited information returned by the tool are noted. The search function evaluates OCR files of the scanned personal information and the massive customers database and returns a count of instances of the search term. If the tool did more than that, it would allow anyone to search for anything about anyone, not a desirable situation.
Concerns about positive indicators on gibberish strings of letters were sent to Quantum-Chaos and they said that they are investigating. I have not been able to get a positive return on a random string of letters. If you have a common name, searching on your ID number or address may help.
Regarding concerns about the company’s website, a representative made the following statement: “The site is currently being updated by our marketing team as it was recently updated. While we wait for actual content there may be placeholders on the site for some items. As for the phone number, that should not be there. We have offices in USA, Canada and Trinidad. 415-212-7478 is our US number, 647-933-3306 is our Canadian number.”
“The application does not retain any customer data at all. It is simply a search tool on top of the index. The site does have Google Analytics so you will see the _ga cookies there. We use this to monitor traffic and adjust servers accordingly to handle demand. We will work on adding some FAQs during the upcoming days so user’s are fully aware of this all. This project is only a couple days old and its sole purpose is to answer the question everyone has about the TSTT hack. Is my data leaked?”
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TechNewsTT had a large surge of visitors that impeded server performance for some users. It’s possible that the Quantum-Chaos server may have experienced something similar. A LOT of people went to check.
Info is close to useless, as only says…25 mentions found of name, but no further info about what data is attached to names
That’s by design, I believe. By only indicating that a user’s name is in the database and nothing more, it stops people from searching for information about other people using this particular tool. Given the wider spread of the exfiltrated database, a lot of people are going to be able to search that dataset going forward. If you have a common name, it may display other instances of it. You might want to search by your national ID or driver’s permit number, or even your bank account number. I found mine in the raw database.
How did I find out if my info is on the dark web
As I understand it, this search tool is accessing an index of information from the largest files with customer information. If your name comes up, it is in the database of information exfiltrated from TSTT.
USE AI jeez we are not this slow. Are they using python? Here is what you all don’t understand about technology – you get one chance to be wrong. So if any of your data is unreliable ALL OF THE DATA IS UNRELIABLE.
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