在线非法COVID-19产品:用于识别和预防在线健康风险的混合方法方法
Valeria Catalani1, Honor D Townshend2, Mariya Prilutskaya3
1School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom.
PloS one
|June 16, 2023
概括
在黑暗网络市场 (DWMs) 上发现了非法的COVID-19疫苗,疗法和假文档. 这对健康构成重大风险,并强调需要加强监测和监管.
科学领域:
- 数字法医学数字法医学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 网络安全 网络安全
背景情况:
- 由于COVID-19的流行,对疫苗,治疗方法和健康文档的需求很大.
- 暗网市场 (DWMs) 成为这些必要的流行病相关产品的非法贸易平台.
- 了解这种非法贸易的范围对于公共健康和安全至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查暗网市场上未经许可的COVID-19产品的可用性和特性.
- 为了确定这些非法商品的销售商,定价和地理分布.
- 分析COVID-19非法产品与供应商提供的其他非法商品之间的相关性.
主要方法:
- 从2020年3月到2021年10月,对118个暗网市场进行了回顾性搜索.
- 收集关于广告COVID-19产品的数据,包括价格,市场和上市日期.
- 通过开放式网络搜索验证数据,并采用定量和定性分析.
主要成果:
- 在8个市场中确定了42个未经许可的COVID-19疗法和疫苗接种证书的清单.
- 产品由25家供应商提供,价格差异很大,并且显示出地理特异性.
- 发现销售COVID-19产品的供应商与提供其他非法物品,如武器和毒品的供应商之间存在关联.
结论:
- 这项研究揭示了DWM上未经许可的COVID-19产品的可用性.
- 这些不受管制的产品的可访问性带来了严重的健康风险,并可能暴露在其他危险的非法货物中.
- 建议加强监测和监管干预,以保护全球危机期间的公共卫生.
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