South Dakota white-hat hacker shining light on dark web

Digital forensics researcher at Dakota State University earns patent for programming that identifies previously untraceable online activity

A South Dakota cybersecurity expert has cracked the code in uncovering hidden footprints left by dark web users.

And the federal government has taken notice.

More than six years of research and development toward finding traces of online activity intended to be undetectable has resulted in a patent from the U.S. Patent Office for Arica Kulm.

And the discovery by the Dakota State University white-hat hacker is considered a breakthrough in what the world’s constantly evolving cybersecurity warfare.

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