While some demand ransom from the victim, others sell the data on the dark web. Cyber security experts stumbled upon the existence of scores of escrow accounts and other ‘regulatory mechanisms’ in the dark web that ensure fair money transactions. Source: KasperskyThe escrow service may be specially organised and supported by a dark web platform. Some popular forums in the dark web themselves run their own escrow services. They rope in one or more ‘experienced forum participants’, who have a reputation as reliable intermediaries, to run the escrow service.

Source: The Hindu May 01, 2023 10:13 UTC