SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The price of stolen South Korean credit card information traded on the dark web has more than doubled over the past two years, reflecting rising demand among cybercriminals despite stronger global security measures, a new report found. According to cybersecurity firm NordVPN, data collected in May from its threat monitoring [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Offenders arrested for selling or buying drugs on the dark web swelled by almost 13 times over the past five years, a report from the National Police Agency showed Thursday. According to the report submitted to Rep. Cho Eun-hee of the ruling People Power Party, the number of people [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul police said Tuesday they have recently cracked down on more than 520 drug trafficking suspects on charges of distributing, selling or buying drugs over the dark web using cryptocurrencies. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said 521 suspects — 49 distributors and sellers of smuggled drugs and 472 drug [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Law enforcement bodies of 32 countries including South Korea, the United States and Britain have arrested the operator and more than 300 users of a huge child pornography site on the dark web, South Korean police said. The National Police Agency’s Cyber Bureau said Wednesday it has busted 310 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of South Koreans have been arrested for selling drugs such as methamphetamine, marijuana and LSD on the Dark Web, where it is difficult to track IP address. While drug sales via SNS have increased, this is the first time for the prosecutors to apprehend operators of Dark [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Recent data has revealed that the use of the Tor web browser to access the dark web has reached an alarming level in Korea, with officials calling for measures to prevent potential criminal activities taking place on the deep web. The dark web, as part of the deep web, is [...]