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Graph 3 – Top 10 most used languages in 2022, Telegram on the left, Dark Web on the right
Further examination of the data does reveal some exceptions. The most prominent example of this
is the sale of stolen credit cards. Sales of credit card numbers on the Dark Web have been constantly
declining for several years now. Despite this decline there is still a huge gap between the number of
cards traded on Dark Web platforms and Telegram. Nine million posts advertising credit card sales
have been published on the Dark Web in 2022. This number signifies a considerable decline from the
peak reached in 2019, of 140 million related posts. However, it is still significantly higher than the
mere 10,000 credit card sale messages published on Telegram in the same year.
Graph 4 – Number of credit card sale related posts posted on Dark Web (orange) and Telegram
(purple)
While credit cards sales are still more prevalent on the Dark Web, it is not the case in other cyber-
related activities. Some of the most infamous and popular activities on the Dark Web are data leaks
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