Jacob Appelbaum, as seen in this 2013 photo. (credit: Tobias Klenze)

Tor Project officials say that one of their most public-facing developers and a member of the "Core Team," Jacob Appelbaum, left the organization on May 25 after "public allegations of sexual mistreatment."

In a statement published Saturday on the Tor Project's website, the organization wrote:

These types of allegations were not...