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Topic: [2016-03-28]Security-conscious darkweb marketplaces institute authentication (Read 260 times)

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Security-conscious darkweb crime marketplaces institute world-leading authentication practices

If you are a seller on Alphabay -- a darkweb site that sells "drugs, stolen data and hacking tools," you'll have to use two-factor authentication (based on PGP/GPG) for all your logins.

What's more, Alphabay requires you to use a unique seven-word phrase to recover passwords (as opposed to easily researched questions like high-school football team, mother's maiden name, etc), and says there is no way to recover a lost password without this phrase. Finally, Alphabay requires a four-digit PIN to transfer bitcoin to your personal wallet...

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