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Site Aims To Be the "Google" of the Underweb

Posted by samzenpus on from the best-of-the-bad dept.

tsu doh nimh writes "A new service in the cyber underground aims to be the Google search of underground Web sites, connecting buyers to a vast sea of shops that offer an array of dodgy goods and services, from stolen credit card numbers to identity information and anonymity tools. From the story: 'A glut of data breaches and stolen card numbers has spawned dozens of stores that sell the information. The trouble is that each shop requires users to create accounts and sign in before they can search for cards. Enter MegaSearch, which lets potential buyers discover which fraud shops hold the cards they're looking for without having to first create accounts at each store.'"

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  1. "Underweb" by bonch · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Cyber underground," ooh, scary. Clearly, the author of this article has never visited any onion indexing sites. Seriously though, f this is a publicly accessible web server, and the creator is working directly with fraud shops, it seems like it's only a matter of time before authorities find a way to catch him. Even just by arresting one of the shop owners who might flip.

    1. Re:"Underweb" by mhajicek · · Score: 5, Insightful

      There's no such thing as "entrapment" any more.

  2. I saw the fed! by owenferguson · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Honeypot much? Nice try, guys. Way to debut it at the end of the humpday protest cycle.

  3. Ruining it for the rest of us. by nitehawk214 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sites like this are why the general public thinks that laws like SOPA are ok.

    Or let me put it another way, if you are creating a search engine for it... it isn't underground.

    --
    I'm a good cook. I'm a fantastic eater. - Steven Brust
    1. Re:Ruining it for the rest of us. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Awful convenient timing for something like this to be a big story eh?

      I felt "left out" after reading about the glorious underground for about 5 seconds. Then I thought.... Who seeks that kind of shit out? nevermind

  4. IT'S A CONSPIRACY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Funny that this should surface NOW, right before SOPA is voted on.....I smell a conspiracy....Seriously we need another word for conspiracy, mere mention of the word and people think your stark raving mad.