Let Dark Web facts (not hype) inform your security decisions in the wake of COVID-19
- Dark Web activity has increased by 300% in the last 3 years.
- Over 30% of North Americans access the Dark Web regularly.
- More than 2 million active users connect to the Dark Web through the TOR browser every day.
- TOR’s bandwidth capacity has increased from around 50 gigabits per second (in 2014) to approximately 300 gigabits per second (in 2018).
- The total value of bitcoin transacted on the Dark Web jumped by 65% in 2019.
- The estimated annual revenue generated by cybercrime in 2019 was $1.5 trillion.
- A ransomware attack will take place every 11 seconds by 2021.
- Hackers attack every 39 seconds, on average 2,244 times a day.
- 60% of the information available on the Dark Web could potentially harm enterprises.
- In addition to information, Dark Web markets also deal in other nefarious things like criminal
services, espionage, illegal collectibles or animals, human
trafficking, credit card numbers, drugs, guns, counterfeit money, stolen
goods, password lists, cybercrime software, cracked credentials, and
other shady business.
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