Ever since the internet was introduced in the world, a large number of people are familiar with the web, but what is this dark web? Few people go about it.
The dark web has been around since the days when internet inventor Al Gore invented the internet in 2000. The dark web was first heard publicly when cryptocurrency for financial transactions took off in the 2010s and The field of black marketing was opened on the Internet.
The dark web is a part of the world wide web that requires special software to access, including sites that are not visible on Google searches, dark web sites require the Tor browser to access. which are only available on the Tor network.
The dark web looks just like a normal website when it is opened, it contains dark net markets where illegal business takes place including immoral content, weapons, hacked data of any website or personalities and fake art and Paintings are sold, using a special currency such as Bitcoin for buying and selling.
Thus, the audio leaks of the heads of Pakistan and people connected to the government have been coming out before, but recently after the telephone conversation between Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and his niece Maryam Nawaz came to light, questions have been raised about it. How is this information leaking out?
In the recent past in Pakistan, hackers have stolen national secrets by attacking the websites of important institutions including Ministry of Finance, FHR, National Bank of Pakistan, KElectric many times.
Former DG Center of Information Technology Amar Jafari said that in today’s era your mobile phone reveals your secrets.
He said that we have to train our seniors in mobile handling for security purposes and tell them not to download anything unnecessary on their cell phones as these are all backdoor channels to steal data.
