Bank of America Corporation
LEVERAGING ENTITY DARK WEB CHATTER USING VENDOR POPULATION AS A SEARCH PROXY

Abstract:

A method for reducing a level of private data exposure associated with a selected third party data custodian is provided. The third party data custodian may be associated with a pre-determined entity. The method may be performed on dark web users communications within a dark web portion of the internet. The method may include searching, periodically, the dark web users communications, for retrieving communications that may include text identifying the selected third party data custodian. The method may include identifying one or more communications including the identifying text, and for each identifying text, increasing by one digit a total name count occurrence counter for the selected third party data custodian. when the total name count escalates to a pre-determined magnitude, the method may include, locking the private data residing within a network of the selected third party data custodian from external access.