2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.4.1 2.4.2 2.4.3 2.4.4 2.5 Sector Comparison The Energy Sector 1 2 Bot Market Research The energy sector For each country, we collected data pertaining to the three dominant energy companies in the country. The country that had the highest sale offers was France with 13,229 during the year 2021. Next is Romania with 8,768 and Portugal with 5,764 login credentials offered for sale. The least amount of offers related to Cyprus, with 13 offers. Energy login credentials sold in bot markets, divided by country France 27% Romania 18% Portugal 12% Netherlands 9% Belgium 8% Greece 7% Poland 4% Spain 3% Czech 3% Hungary 2% Italy 1% Bulgaria 1% Austria 1% Macedonia 1% Croatia 2% *The graphs show only countries that receive 1% and above out of the total login credentials investigated 18 The Rise of Dark Web Botnet Marketplaces