"Dark web" is a term that can occasionally be seen in literary film and television in the early years, and once it appears, it means that the next plot is related to highly covert crime. This is not a figment of thin air, there is such a dark corner of the Internet in reality, and crime breeds here.
Compared with the Internet, the dark web is mainly characterized by: first, the secret, it is hidden in the deep layer of the Internet network, ordinary netizens can not see this dark web, can not log on to the dark web through the conventional means of internet access; second, the Internet access is special, you need to use some specific software and parameter configuration to log on to the dark web; the third is the payment method is special, the main way of transaction payment on the dark web is the internationally accepted Bitcoin, which is a virtual electronic currency, which does not require the personal information of both parties to the transaction, which is difficult to trace.
Due to the anonymity of the "dark web", a large number of illegal crimes have been bred using the internet as a hooking tool, such as buying and selling all kinds of guns and ammunition, drugs, and citizens' personal information, providing hacking tools, teaching hacking technical tutorials, network attacks, making and selling obscene materials, and so on. It is worth noting that with the increasing number of people visiting the "dark web" in China, the group of young people is expanding, and even minors are involved. However, the "dark web" is not a "place outside the law", in recent years, the use of the "dark web" to carry out illegal crimes is increasing, the public security organs continue to study the "dark web" related illegal crimes, strengthen the crackdown on "dark web" crimes, successfully detected a number of cases of using the "dark web" to carry out illegal crimes, and urged relevant units to strengthen network security protection work, blocking security risks from the source.
Cybersecurity is closely related to personal safety, and it is everyone's responsibility to maintain network security. To this end, every citizen must enhance their awareness of confidentiality and contribute to the maintenance of network security and social stability.