Darknet: The Study of Emerging Challenges of Cyber Terrorism and Organized Crimes

Abstract

There are hints that terrorist organisations have begun using the dark web to conduct their illegal activities as law enforcement agencies have tightened oversight and control on the surface web. The most prevalent examples include using Bitcoin to request financial contributions, creating information-dissemination mirror websites, and making purchases on the dark web. Terrorist acts that are planned, carried out, and supported on the dark web are done with a higher level of expertise than those that are done on the open web. Cyber-terrorism is related to research on the symptoms and characteristics of terrorist offences on the dark web. This study may provide policy insights that may aid law enforcement officers in analysing the activities of terrorist organisations on the dark web.