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Dark web definition

The dark web is a part of the internet that isn't searchable by Google or common search engines like Yahoo or Bing.  The “dark web” is a hotbed of criminals. Researchers Daniel Moore and Thomas Rid of King's College in London identified 2,723 live dark web sites over a five-week period a couple of years ago and found that 57 percent host illegal items. 

For sale are credit card numbers, drugs, guns, counterfeit money, stolen subscription credentials, hacked Netflix accounts and software that can enable others to break into other people’s computers and demand a ransom. Those who create these sites offer login credentials to a $50,000 Bank of America account for $500. It offers $3,000 in counterfeit $20 bills for $600. It sells prepaid debit cards, each with a $2,500 balance, for $500 (express shipping included). A “lifetime” Netflix premium account goes for $6. You can hire hackers to attack computers for you. You can buy usernames and passwords.

Deep web vs dark net

The deep web is often confused with the dark net, also called dark web, black web, and black net. Put simply, the deep web is all of the information stored online that isn’t indexed by search engines. You don’t need any special tools or a dark net browser to access the deep web; you just need to know where to look. Specialized search engines, directories, and wikis can help users locate the data they’re looking for.

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