Data after the breach: Economics of the dark web | TechTarget
When sensitive data is stolen in high-profile data breaches, the information doesn't simply vanish into a digital void. Data extraction is just the beginning of a calculated journey through a sophisticated criminal economy where files are tested, packaged, priced and listed on dark web marketplaces. There, buyers ranging from fraud rings to nation-state actors bid for access, after which the information is used to commit a host of cybercrimes.
The dark web is an encrypted layer of the internet intentionally hidden from casual browsers. Accessing the dark web requires anonymizing software, often using Tor, which routes traffic through encrypted multihop relays and resolves .onion addresses invisible to standard DNS. The commodities traded on the dark web include credentials, payment card data, personally identifiable information (PII), healthcare records, corporate network access, ransomware-as-a-service kits and forged documents.
With the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reporting cybercrime losses exceeding $20.9...
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