A company specialising in blockchain technology has claimed to have uncovered a number of rogue vaccine markets accepting cryptocurrency payments on the dark web.
The dark web, which is home to approximately 95 per cent of all content on the internet and cannot be accessed from your regular Google Chrome, is regularly used to sell illegal items such as drugs and weapons (and even hitmen) among other nefarious services.
Coinfirm, which specialises in “powering the mass adoption of blockchain in the new financial system”, found incredible details of vendors offering stolen vaccines and certificates.
The report, released on July 1, revealed two key findings from the black market investigation.
“The investigation found scammers offering vaccines on the darknet and probable health sector corruption,” the report reads.
A screenshot of alleged black market vaccine website “Vaccine Shop” showed the anonymous vendor proudly offering “positions of stolen vaccine from the most used and tested”.
“We are very proud to finally be able to make everyone an offer to sell a vaccine against covid-19,” the webpage reads.
The site allegedly offers “BioNTech + Moderna” vaccines and claims to deliver them “directly in cooling packages” to the USA, Canada, Mexico, Poland, France, Netherlands, Italy and Spain.
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