commit 544a9585af52ca4503bc95d4d15c5f4bedd2cc74 Author: Karsten Loesing karsten.loesing@gmx.net Date: Thu Feb 8 10:46:47 2018 +0100

Update news.json to version 219 of doc/MetricsTimeline. --- src/main/resources/web/json/news.json | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/resources/web/json/news.json b/src/main/resources/web/json/news.json index 8da74f9..6b8565a 100644 --- a/src/main/resources/web/json/news.json +++ b/src/main/resources/web/json/news.json @@ -2886,11 +2886,12 @@ "<OR>", "relay" ], - "description": "Huge increase in relay users (400k+).", + "description": "Huge increase in relay users (400k+). An anonymous contributor suggests that it may be a botnet, based on the large number of hosts with an open SMB port in the UAE.", "links": [ "<a href="https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-country.html?start=2017-01-01...</a>", "<a href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/metrics-team/2017-January/000284.html... thread</a>", - "<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/5pbukk/united_arab_emirates_went_from_... thread</a>" + "<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/5pbukk/united_arab_emirates_went_from_... thread</a>", + "<a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/25137#comment:10%5C%22%3Ecom... about botnet</a>" ], "unknown": true },