In this September 11 Vanity Fair article, William Langewiesche follows “Opsec”, his guide to the underworld of the web, through “The Dark Net” to discover a place where information, weapons, and drugs are sold, and wars are being fought. The author gives an excellent history of our public encounters with the dark net along with the ways Opsec sees it being used by governments, crime syndicates, criminals, hackers, and businesses going forward. As he recounts the story of a surprisingly sophisticated attack on Opsec’s large internet business client, the author makes it clear that the troops are lining up for an impending internet war.
