The Dark Web: A Hidden Menace for Businesses

In recent months, the Indian capital’s remote region of Nuh has garnered unwanted attention for its transformation into a cybercrime hub, mirroring the notorious Jamtara region. With over 28,000 cybercrime cases spearheaded by unemployed social engineers, Nuh has firmly entrenched itself in the dark web’s criminal ecosystem.

Earlier this year, James Roland Jones, a SpaceX engineer operating under the alias “MillionaireMike,” admitted to discreetly purchasing personal information and selling insider tips of an anonymous company on the dark web. This incident highlights the pervasiveness of illicit activities on the dark web, a concealed realm of the internet frequently linked to anonymous crimes.

Unlike the conventional web, the dark web evades search engine indexing and remains inaccessible to standard web browsers. Instead, users employ specialized software like Tor (The Onion Router) to navigate its encrypted pathways. Initially developed by the U.S. government for secure communication, the dark web has since morphed into a haven for criminal enterprises.

The 2019 study “Into the Web of Profit” by criminology professor Dr. Michael McGuire from the University of Surrey revealed that cybercrime has evolved into a thriving economy, generating an annual turnover of $1.5 trillion. Alarmingly, the study also uncovered a 20% surge in harmful dark web listings since 2016. Among these listings, a staggering 60% pose a direct threat to

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