While police have shut down rogue online markets like Silk Road in recent years, others quickly pop up in the deepest realms of cyberspace, O’Reilly recently told a national symposium on gangs and guns. “Darknet vendors resort to very ingenious means to ship firearms and related components,” O’Reilly said. Similarly, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin – the most accepted form of currency on the darknet markets — are used to obscure the transaction details from authorities. Police training needs must be “continually updated” to reflect the rapidly evolving online environment, O’Reilly said. “Conducting online investigations, whether on the darknet or on the surface web, requires a very specific skill set.”— Follow @JimBronskill on Twitter

Source: National Post March 25, 2018 21:09 UTC