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The dark web has always been a cesspool of black markets and conspiracy theories, but now with the Coronavirus outbreak, scammers have a new and more desperate audience to target their scams.
As organizations and consumers scramble to find protective goods, medical equipment, and cures for the Coronavirus, scammers have begun to promote fake vaccines, sales of N95 masks, and even ventilators on the dark web.
For those not familiar with the dark web, it is a hidden and anonymous network that overlays the Internet and can only be accessed through special clients such as the Tor browser.
The way web sites are hosted on the dark web makes it difficult for law enforcement to track down the owners and thus lends itself to criminal activity, anti-government and fringe ideas, conspiracy theories, and of course, scams.
In reports by dark web intelligence companies DarkOwl and Sixgill, a considerable selection of Coronavirus-themed scams are being promoted, with some being downright bizarre.
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The dark web has always been a cesspool of black markets and conspiracy theories, but now with the Coronavirus outbreak, scammers have a new and more desperate audience to target their scams.
As organizations and consumers scramble to find protective goods, medical equipment, and cures for the Coronavirus, scammers have begun to promote fake vaccines, sales of N95 masks, and even ventilators on the dark web.
For those not familiar with the dark web, it is a hidden and anonymous network that overlays the Internet and can only be accessed through special clients such as the Tor browser.
The way web sites are hosted on the dark web makes it difficult for law enforcement to track down the owners and thus lends itself to criminal activity, anti-government and fringe ideas, conspiracy theories, and of course, scams.
In reports by dark web intelligence companies DarkOwl and Sixgill, a considerable selection of Coronavirus-themed scams are being promoted, with some being downright bizarre.
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