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Criminals try message apps to evade dark web crackdown: report

Oct 25, 2017

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By Eric Auchard, Tova Cohen

LONDON/TEL AVIV (Reuters) – A police crackdown on dark web markets such as AlphaBay and Hansa is driving cyber criminals to use mobile messaging apps to locate anonymous new hideouts from which to operate, a report by security researchers published on Wednesday showed.

A study by Israeli threat intelligence software firm IntSights shows a 30-fold increase in dark web activity using smartphone-based messaging apps over the past year.

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