This startup aims to scour the Dark Web for data breaches

New technology protects customer privacy while it crawls the Dark Web for data compromised in corporate breaches.

When online thieves compromised Target in November 2013, they took less than a day to gain a foothold in the retail giant's network. Because the signs of such an attack are hard to distinguish, Target did not detect the breach until after the data had already started being sold in the darker corners of the Internet, more than three weeks later.

The delay between compromise and detection is a common problem for all companies. Eight out of 10 online breaches happen within a few hours or days, but defenders detect the attack in the same amount of time in only about a quarter of cases, according to annual Data Breach Investigations Report released by Verizon. Read more...