On May 25, 2016 core developer and the public face of the Tor Project, Jacob Appelbaum, stepped down from his position;[REF][REF][REF] this was announced on June 2 in a two-line statement by Tor [REF].
On July 13, 2016, the complete board of the Tor Project - Meredith Hoban Dunn, Ian Goldberg, Julius Mittenzwei, Rabbi Rob Thomas, Wendy Seltzer, Roger Dingledine and Nick Mathewson - was replaced with Matt Blaze, Cindy Cohn, Gabriella Coleman, Linus Nordberg, Megan Price and Bruce Schneier [REF].