Dark Web is just one part of what is known as deep web – a vast network which is not indexed by search engines such as Google and Bing. If you created a website that directly displays HTML content from your Dropbox, it will no longer render in the browser. The dark web, or darknet, refers to private networks built from connections between trusted peers using unconventional protocols. /s/raw Dropbox Basic (free) users: Beginning October 3, 2016, you can no longer use shared links to render HTML content in a web browser.
In June a hacker claimed to be selling 655,000 alleged patient healthcare records on the dark web, containing information such as social security numbers, addresses, and insurance details. A hacker was reportedly looking to sell 117 million passwords from a 2012 LinkedIn breach on the dark web earlier this year. The Dropbox dump is just the latest in a string of high-profile data breaches. “Their customer-first approach was refreshing and likely mitigated a great deal of risk to their users.” "Dropbox began taking proactive action to protect their users nearly a week before information about this leak became public,” he said, in a statement emailed to. Josh Feinblum, vice president of information security at cybersecurity specialist Rapid7 praised Dropbox’s handling of the data breach.