The dark web is a subset of the deep web that is characterized by the use of anonymous networks to hide the user's identity and website location. It is often associated with illegal activities.

The same prolific crime on the web — “84% of scams are online,” says Juan Salom Clotet, chief colonel of the Cybersecurity Coordination Unit of the Civil Guard. “If cybercrime were a country, it would be the third largest economy in the world, only behind the United States and China,’ says María Jesús Almanzor.