Hackers have deleted a prominent Dark Web server that hosted over 6,500 pages. The pages on the servers consisted of but were not limited to, hacked files, videos, pornography, political info and documents placed by whistleblowers.

The creators formulated the websites using TOR or the Onion Router. Using these methods allows the information on the pages to remain hidden. The tor browser also gave users permission to conceal their identities and location when browsing the internet.

The administrator of the server, Daniel Winzen spoke to BBC news about the event.

“There is no way to recover from this breach, all data is gone.”

At the moment, Winzen doesn’t know what vulnerability in the system led to the breach. However, despite losing all the data, there are plans to rebuild the hosting site with updated design choices that will prevent a breach like this from reoccurring.

What may surprise some readers is Daniel Winzen’s comfortability with taking ownership over what was a Dark Web landmark.

Isn’t the Dark web Illegal?

Due to the Dark Web’s capability of allowing user’s activity to remain anonymized it is a haven for criminal activity. However, the truth of the matter is that hosting a site in this hidden area of the web isn’t illegal. In fact, it isn’t much different than hosting sites on the normal web. Yet, where there is anonymity, there is criminal activity.

So while the Dark Web is not illegal, a large percentage of activities that occur there are illegal. This, of course, includes the sale of people’s personal data.

No one is immune from having their information posted on the Dark Web. That is why it is important to monitor your information to see if it is for sale on encrypted sites in the Dark Web.

At ScoresMatter we scan the Dark Web for your information and alert you on the results.

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