Terrorists ‘plot in shadows of the dark net’, report warns

A vigil in Manchester, the day after a suicide attack at an Ariana Grande concert in May 2017 left 22 people dead.Terrorists and extremists are creating growing numbers of safe havens on the “dark net” to plot future attacks, raise funds and recruit new followers, new research reveals.Terrorist organisations and individuals are evading security services and intelligence agencies by “hiding in the shadows” of the darknet, using encrypted messaging services, to communicate