Interpol Trains Police Officers to Use Cryptocurrency and the Darknet

Interpol Trains Police Officers to Use Cryptocurrency and the Darknet

INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation has recently completed a specialized training to identify the methods and strategies used to avoid detection on the Darknet, which often use non-standard communications protocols and ports. INTERPOL’s Cyber Research Lab developed a sample private Darknet network for the training to mimic actual transactions and private trades settled on private cryptocurrency-powered Darknet marketplaces like the Agora. Many participants were invited in the specialized training course to enact as “vendors, buyers and administrators to improve their understanding of....


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