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Animesh JainAIR 63· 2020

Question 20DiscussGS3GS3

How do communication networks like the dark web facilitate cybercrime and terrorism? What steps should India take to address these challenges?

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Introduction

Dark web is the inaccessible part of internet used by terrorist/criminals for illegal activities

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Main Body

Dark web is the inaccessible part of internet used by terrorist/criminals for illegal activities. Dark web facilitates cybercrime and terrorism by: 1) Providing anonymity to communicators 2) Government can't track the communication and financial transactions 3) Dark net provides platform for sharing of sensitive information among terror groups & sites for potential attacks 4) Personal data of visiting circuits and traded which can be used for ransomware attacks 5) Platform it cybercriminals providing 6) Provide interface platform between terrorists and organized criminal gangs 7) Facilitate cross country financial transactions to individual terrorist 8) Platform it high level terror equipment like bombs/guns etc 9) Act as platform it hire and brainstorm potential terrorist through propaganda 10) Make available cybercrime tools like malware, viruses at lowest cost 11) Display dark pattern it directly plant virus on computer if use of it/she is not careful on dark web

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Conclusion

Steps India should take:

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Topper

Animesh Jain

AIR 632020

Subject & Paper

GS3GS3

Topic

Internal Security

Challenges to Internal Security Through Communication Networks

Dark web and cybercrime

Writing Stats

163

Total words

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Paragraphs

analytical

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