Since 2021, Chainalysis has been infiltrating the Monero network with malicious nodes to track transactions. They deploy XMR validators all over the world.
Through these nodes, they collect information such as IP addresses and transaction times. They can thus link IP addresses to transactions, which weakens the anonymity of the Monero network.
Through these nodes, they collect information such as IP addresses and transaction times. They can thus link IP addresses to transactions, which weakens the anonymity of the Monero network.