I suspect that the reporter has a bone to pick with Tor and the CCC members that were given the documents were compelled legally or socially to not share them further.
It's unlikely that they want so save the technical details for the conference. It would put people at risk if the tor project would not be able to fix the issue in the meantime.
I suspect that the reporter has a bone to pick with Tor and the CCC members that were given the documents were compelled legally or socially to not share them further.