Security of the Financial Transactions and Distribution of Products and Services in the Dark Net Cover Image

Bezpieczeństwo transakcji finansowych i dystrybucji produktów i usług w Dark Necie
Security of the Financial Transactions and Distribution of Products and Services in the Dark Net

Author(s): Nina Stępnicka
Subject(s): Security and defense, Criminology, Social Informatics, Economic development, Financial Markets, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Społeczna Akademia Nauk
Keywords: the Dark Internet; the security; cryptomarket; Bitcoin; economy;

Summary/Abstract: The Dark Net is a difficult to estimate part of the Deep Internet, which has been deliberately hidden and is not available for users of the standard search engines. The resources of the Dark Net involve criminal trade and services, but there is also some difficult to estimate part, which does not exceed beyond the boundaries of the law. Currencies used in the Dark Net is Bitcoin, Monero and Ethereum, and other means of payment are anonymous payment cards (paysafecard). From the point of view of the security of the economy, illegal contents of the Dark Net is a threat, both for the functioning and safety of the various sectors that are part of it, as well as other areas of social and political life etc. It generates a loss in the budget of all states, which users use its illegal resources, but also it violates public policy and economic governance in the world, with cyber attacks, cyberterrorism and other forms of crime and illegal activities.

  • Issue Year: 19/2018
  • Issue No: 1.3
  • Page Range: 127-138
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish