ea was angry. But this time she wanted to make her boss pay for it. She had always thought about the most bizarre ways of taking revenge on that company, where she felt like a number and kept silent in spite of the continuous unjust treatment she received. But this time it was different: now she would move from theory to practice. And she knew how to do it, she had seen it in movies: everything was available on the Internet and she would definitely find somebody who, for a reasonable price, would spread some rumors about the company, maybe obtain some data and make them public, or why not some chats where directors and colleagues talked widely about everything and everybody?
Yes, this time she would hire a hacker.
Cybercrime-as-a-service: You can now hire a hacker
In the past, cybercriminals used to operate on the dark web, the dark part of the Internet, more difficult to access and navigate by the average user. Today, the average user, which includes people like Lea but also companies, political parties and public administrations, can gain access to cybercrime services directly on Google.
Indeed, in the age of services cyber crime has evolved as well and has adapted to the requests of the market. Therefore, malware attacks, once the prerogative of hackers who carried them out independently and for their own reasons, have become a new market where demand and supply can meet.
The world is now capable of offering cyber crime and ransomware services upon payment of a fee and today cyber criminals work at the service of whomever pays them. Unsatisfied employees, lovers who have been cheated on, companies that want to grow, parties aiming for victory: they all have in common the desire to prevail over the others, over their competitors or over those perceived as enemies.