Cthulhu aka Thomas White was a British Tor hidden service developer and administrator.
Activities involved being consulted on a number of Tor security matters such as dark web scams,[1][2] law enforcement raids[3] and darknet markets.[4]
He has hosted a number of data dumps including those associated with Hacking Team,[5] Ashley Madison,[6] and Patreon.[7][8]
In January 2016 he hosted a release of the files hacked from the Fraternal Order of Police.[9][10]
In November 2014, White was arrested as the mastermind behind Silk Road 2.
In April 2019, White pleaded guilty to charges including drug
trafficking, money laundering, as well as making indecent images of
children, and was sentenced to a total of 5 years and 4 months in
prison.[11]