The dark web – level 3
The idea of the dark web tends to bring to mind images of hoodie-clad häçkers in dark basements like some kind of parallel economy or the Illuminati of the Internet. However, the reality is both more mundane and insidious.
To access the dark web, you need anonymity software, such as Tor which was developed by the US government initially to protect military communications. The dark web first broke into the popular consciousness with narcotics; however, law enforcement is shutting drug markets faster and with greater regularity. Then, there are häçking tools, where you can buy malware or different phishing tools. There are also personal data leaked from häçks, people sell lists of email addresses, social security...