Mumbai: The covid-19 pandemic has spawned a global illegal trade of essential goods like PPE kits and antiviral drugs on the dark web, according to a new research by Sophos.
Researchers noted trade of goods worth up to $1,000,000 per week on the dark web. Cybercriminals have been quick to adapt to the global coronavirus pandemic with scammers and malicious actors flooding the internet with covid-related keywords.
Empire Market is one of the most popular places to buy illegal goods on the dark web, transacting a little over $1,000,000 a week.
It is also one of the few prominent dark web markets that hasn’t banned the sale of pandemic-related goods. The market has over 52,000 listings across 11 categories but drugs and chemicals dwarfs all