The Representation of Victim Nations in Stolen Data Markets

Jun 2018

Research Brief

The cybercriminals sell stolen data on various online platforms such as Open Web and Dark Web forums. To this date, there is limited research on the types of products sold on the “Dark Web”. This brief reports geographic distribution of victim nations differences between Open and Dark web forums. The criminals tend to advertise in line with their perceptions of detection. The forums where advertisements occur have larger impact on prices and types of exchanges than the geographical locations where the data comes from.

Authors

Olga Smirnova

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Criminal network analysis

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