darknet markets
Dark markets are online platforms on the darknet where illegal goods and services are traded. You can find drugs, weapons, stolen data, and counterfeit documents on these marketplaces. They operate similarly to regular e-commerce sites but use cryptocurrencies for transactions. Most dark markets have user review systems and vendor ratings to establish trust. Law enforcement regularly shuts down these markets, but new ones continuously emerge. The market gained attention for releasing data for free as a form of advertising, a strategy that has attracted numerous users. In Georgia, on its southern border, where more than 100,000 Russians have fled, there is Matanga, a local Russian-speaking darknet market offering the same “treasure hunt” buying system as back home. This approach allows evaluation without direct interaction or participation. The result is 40 distinct marketplace ego networks containing user-DWM and U2U transactions, whose typical structure is depicted in Fig. This multi-role classification, to be implemented in future work, can help gain a more nuanced understanding of the ecosystem and the structure of the dark web supply chains. These marketplaces facilitate the exchange of everything from stolen credentials and drugs to weapons and hacking tools. After a major external shock in 2017, the S2S…Read More
Category : darknet markets
