February 2023
Intermediate to advanced
138 pages
3h 50m
English
Content preview from Combating Crime on the Dark Web
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An Introduction to Cybercrime
The internet is widely regarded as the epitome of never-ending innovation and creativity. It is considered the most fascinating, wild, and phenomenal creation in the history of humanity. According to a study, 95 percent of all the world’s information is digitized and accessible on the internet. If you even begin to think about how big the internet is, your brain might start to hurt. One way to answer this question is to consider the total amount of data held by the biggest online service providers (SPs)—that is, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft. Science Focus estimates that these tech giants collectively store at least 1,200 petabytes of data. That is 1.2 million terabytes, which is equal to approximately ...