And almost as many illicit ones.Ī handful of cannabis-infused gummy bears costs 0.003097 BC – or €18 in real money – while a gram of “quality MDMA” is €12 and half a gram of cocaine is 0.10026 BC or €55.ĭwyer is a cyber-security expert whose job it is to ensure companies have measures in place to protect themselves from hacks and attacks.
There are many legitimate reasons someone might wish to trade in Bitcoin. The virtual money is entirely legal and is easily bought on the regular web (or “surface web”) and uses a system called tumbling to ensure purchases cannot be connected to purchasers. Photograph: Dara Mac DónaillĪll the drugs come priced in the crypto currency Bitcoin. The dark web is “All the darkest sides of humanity exposed”. Paul Dwyer, chief executive of Cyber Risk International, in Kinsealy, Co Dublin.
Millions of images of children being abused constantly change hands in this murky marketplace, and websites aimed at encouraging vulnerable teenage girls to starve themselves before committing suicide are easy to find.Ī handful of cannabis-infused gummy bears costs €18, while a gram of MDMA is €12 and half a gram of cocaine is €55ĭwyer veers away from the most distressing content – "the Petri dish of hate and evil", as he calls it – and returns to the drug bazaars and the pages selling counterfeit cash, email addresses, credit card numbers and Tesco vouchers. This menu of murder and mayhem is among the more distressing things cyber-security expert Paul Dwyer summons from the dark web from his darkened office outside Malahide, but it's by no means the only indication of just how vile people can be. A straightforward crippling is $12,000 but if the aim is to “uglify” a person – or have acid thrown in their face – the price rises to $18,000.
A “regular” murder can be arranged for $45,000, while making a victim disappear without a trace costs $60,000.
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