After Motherboard reported the U.S. Army and other purchases of Team Cymru data, the Tor Project, the organization behind the Tor anonymity network, said it was moving away from infrastructure that Team Cymru had donated. The Tor Project told Motherboard it expects that migration to be completed this Spring.
Related old thread: https://tildes.net/~tech/12q9/revealed_us_military_bought_mass_monitoring_tool_that_includes_internet_browsing_email_data
The FBI previously purchased access to "netflow" data, which a company called Team Cymru obtains from ISPs. Team Cymru then sells it to the government.
Another interesting section:
Related old thread:
https://tildes.net/~tech/12q9/revealed_us_military_bought_mass_monitoring_tool_that_includes_internet_browsing_email_data