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Google dark web report was introduced for Google One subscribers in the US region and now Indian users can also use the service. News 

India Users Can Now Access Google’s Dark Web Report

Adriana Marais,

Indian Google One subscribers can finally access the Dark Web Report. The report basically provides information about any potential data breach that includes their information such as name, phone number, email address and more. The dark web is an ideal hub for illegal activities because details are hidden and difficult for agencies to trace. These advantages make it a platform for hackers to post content such as personal information for sale. With Google’s feature, One subscribers will be alerted if their data has been detected on the dark web, and…

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Cybersecurity firm CloudSEK said the breach, which was discovered on August 2, has unveiled the illicit sharing of the source code of the website of the ministry of road transport and highways News 

Report: 10,000 Users’ Sensitive Data Exposed on Dark Web After Breach of Government Road Accident Database Website

Jim Hendler, ,

In a startling revelation, cyber security firm CloudSEK’s XVigil AI digital risk platform has revealed a major data breach of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways’ integrated road accident database website. According to CloudSEK, a data breach discovered on August 2nd has exposed the illegal sharing of website source code in an underground cybercrime forum, also known as the dark web. In its report, the cyber security company stated: “Our source managed to obtain the source code, which is a total of 165 megabytes in size. Most of the…

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While the Dark Web only comprises an estimated 5 per cent of the entire internet, it has an alarming 2.7 million daily users (as of April) and the volume of illegal activities being executed is alarming. News 

Daily visitors to the Dark Web are exploding with over 2.7 million users; Illegal activity on the rise

Nitin Misra, ,

Although the Dark Web covers only an estimated 5 percent of the entire Internet, it has an alarming 2.7 million daily users (as of April) and an alarming amount of illegal activity, the report warns. While it’s supposed to give people access to a censorship-free Internet where governments or other parties can’t track them, data obtained by niche news publisher BanklessTimes.com revealed that 56.8 percent of Dark Web activity is actually illegal in some way. “Therefore, it is estimated that more than half of the 2.5 million daily visitors to…

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