What's the Dark Web

 

1. What is the dark web?

A portion of the internet known as the "dark web" allows users to hide their real names and location from other users as well as from law authorities. As such, it acts as a marketplace for the exchange of stolen personal data.

2. What is the purpose of the dark web?

The drug trafficking and data breaches are two illegal activities that are commonly associated with the dark web. 

2.1 However, the dark web is also used by government organizations for:

• exchanging private data
• Taking part in a variety of useful tasks

3. What separates the deep web from the dark web

3.1 There is often confusion among the black web and the deep web.

The term "deep web" pertains to sections of the internet inaccessible via search engines such as Google Search. In addition to the dark web, this category encompasses web pages requiring registration or login, like the majority of content on platforms such as Gmail and Facebook.

Encompassing about 90 percent of the internet, the deep web dwarfs the dark web, which probably constitutes less than 0.01 percent.

4. How does personal info end up on the dark web?

Data breaches and malware stand out as two prevalent methods that can result in the exposure of personal information on the dark web.

Data breaches transpire when hackers pilfer user data from a company's database. Subsequently, this data often finds its way to identity thieves who trade on the dark web.

Malware, a category encompassing harmful software, can compromise computer security. It is capable of extracting sensitive information from your system, progressively diminishing its performance, and even initiating the transmission of deceptive emails from your compromised account.

5. How does Google know what personal info is on the dark web?

For the purpose of discovering information present on the dark web, Google employs the services of an external vendor. This vendor possesses the ability to access databases that reveal the existing content accessible within the realms of the dark web.

*Ref- Google.com                                                                                 The Dark Web Report Process