dark web

Or Dark Web

[dahrk web]

noun

1. the portion of the internet that is intentionally hidden from search engines, uses masked IP addresses, and is accessible only with a special web browser: part of the deep web.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dark web¹

First recorded in 2000–05

Example Sentences

Speaking in Istanbul, on Russia’s doorstep on the Black Sea and in a country where many Russians have fled following the full-scale invasion in 2022, Moore also announced a new spy-recruitment initiative aimed at Russia and called Silent Courier, in which potential recruits can contact British intelligence using the dark web.

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On their website on the dark web - a part of the internet accessed using specialist software - they have shared a "Data Leakage Roadmap" saying "the next steps for us will be to release 30 more 'profiles' of each child and 100 employees' private data".

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"The revelation the children's details could have been put on the dark web, that's very concerning and alarming for me."

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Scams in which a person is seeking a few hundred dollars or personal information that can be sold on the dark web are operated on a wider scale and at a much faster pace and frequently have more victims.

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MI6 is launching its own dedicated portal on the dark web in the hope of attracting new spies online, notably from Russia.

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