Week 11 - 'Deals on drugs, weapons and stolen data - Black Friday comes to the dark web'

'Deals on drugs, weapons and stolen data - Black Friday comes to the dark web'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/11/25/deals-drugs-weapons-stolen-data-black-friday-comes-dark-web/

• The dark web is not immune to the forces of capitalism 
• Underground marketplace - reduced prices for black friday, illegal items, weapons, stolen items 
• Stolen credit card details and account numbers for sale 
• "Once again we can see how professional the cybercriminal underworld is in their operations," said James Chappell, chief technology officer and co-founder of Digital Shadows.
• "The days of amateurs showing off their computing skills have long gone, today criminal gangs control the majority of cybercrime. They deploy professional tactics to compromise our computers and networks, and utilize ‘best’ retail practice to monetize their gains."

This story is interesting due to the fact that illegal activity can go undetected for so long and the issues with the internet as a dark force and the negatives of this. In terms of news, this story clearly breaks laws and defeats the idea of capitalism and therefore makes us question the safety of our data and our information online. Cyber-criminality is an overriding issue that emphasises the negative aspect of the internet and reveals how difficult it is to essentially monitor the internet and the dark web in particular. This idea of censorship and privacy is explored through this as the access to the dark web is easy enough for anyone to discover, revealing the negative impacts and the potential dangers of the internet.