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Table 3 Distribution of accesses for each outlet and taxonomy class

From: Under and over the surface: a comparison of the use of leaked account credentials in the Dark and Surface Web

 

Curious (%)

Gold Digger (%)

Hijacker (%)

Spammer (%)

Total (%)

Statistics (FET)

Paste sites

 Surface

63.5

17.6

18.8

0.0

85

p < 0.001

 Dark

74.5

20.3

1.3

3.9

992

Forums

 Surface

62.0

30.4

5.1

2.5

79

p = 0.099

 Dark

73.0

26.0

1.0

0.0

100

  1. There are significant differences between the Surface Web and the Dark Web when credentials are leaked through paste sites and used to hijack an account (FET: \(\hbox {p}<0.001\))