How Long Did It Take…?

By Guy Bunker | October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment 

Guy Bunker

So Darkmarkethas finally been shut down. This was one of the underground economy websites where you could buy information such as credit card details – a cyber-criminal heaven. Unfortunately, there are quite a few of these sites around, so while this is an annoyance to some, it is really just a blip in operations for most. The really bad news is just how long it took to shut it down… it operated for three years… and it has taken the last two to shut it down! The wonders of the Internet means that the information it contained could have been copied and a new site re-opened within hours, somewhere else in the world.

If we are to beat information fraud, which is a global problem, then we need to become much more efficient at shutting down the illegal Internet-based information trade sites - quickly. Detection of such a site should start a (relatively) simple process which shuts it out, it needs agreements from a whole mass of people, including governments, service providers and application providers but if we are to tackle this problem we need decisions today… not prevarication as to why it is so hard to do. After all, at the basic level its just a case of cutting them off the net, wherever they may be located… right?

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