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Dark Net: Your Identity Sold to the Highest Bidder
21 Aug
Summary
- Personal data like Aadhaar and PAN cards are commodities on the Dark Net.
- Criminals exploit TOR to trade identities, drugs, weapons, and pornography.
- Investigators use infiltration tactics to track hidden network activities.
Beneath the surface of the everyday internet lies the Dark Net, a hidden world where personal identities are bought and sold. Sensitive information such as Aadhaar cards, PAN cards, phone numbers, emails, and passwords become commodities, available to the highest bidder. Criminals utilize the anonymity provided by the TOR network to conduct a wide range of illegal activities.
These illicit operations include the trade of identities, dangerous drugs, illegal weapons, and disturbing pornography. The challenge for investigators is immense, requiring sophisticated methods to track the clandestine workings of these hidden networks. To penetrate these spaces, hackers working for security agencies often go undercover, posing as criminals themselves.
Within these hidden marketplaces, a vast array of illegal goods and services are available. Investigators scour the decaying underbelly of the World Wide Web to uncover these operations and bring criminals to justice, highlighting the constant battle against cybercrime.
