Dark Web Intelligence for Law Enforcement
06 December 2022
Block Stage
The consequences of cybercrime originating from the Dark Web impact nearly every industry and cost the global economy as much as $600 billion — about 0.8 percent of global GDP. Security industry experts project that companies around the world could incur costs and lost revenue amounting to more than $5 trillion over the next five years due to cyberattacks. The dark web — those trackless parts of the internet that traditional search engines do not index and where individuals mask their identities through powerful anonymization tools — is home to innumerable hidden marketplaces, communities, groups and forums used to traffic in illegal goods and services — from child pornography, drugs and weapons to tools for malware and ransomware distribution, even stolen data that can affect national security. The presentation will cover the results of the six-year effort to create the first comprehensive index of the Dark Web, and application of Data Science and AI to make collected intelligence actionable for law enforcement needs.