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Hes etna reg \S go Association of Indian Universities Secretary & .- NU House, 16, Comrade indrajit Gugta Maig (Kata Marg), Now Oalhi-tia doz : AIU/SGO2022 Dear Vice ChancellorDireetor, ee Greetings from ATUL Tam happy to share with ‘You that Nareotics Contr: “Durkathon 2022" to find Solutions 10 trafficking of drugs through darieweb that is posing challenges to drug Inw enforcement-agencies the world over. To find viable solnenre to this problem, NCB has Projected the following three problem statements in the Darkathon 2022: (2) Craving of dackweb to identify and catalogue active and genuine darknet smorkers selling drugs (automatically and now markers and drop inactive'taken down markets) (6) Craving of darknet markets to identify drug traffickers on darknet based in India and the drugs they offer for sale, (c) Digital foot-printing of active drug tmffickers on darknet based in findia 0! Bureats (NCB) is organizing a Hiaskathon titled The Darkathon 2022 is being organized on the directions of the Hon"ble Prime Minister, who recognized the problem, of drug trafficking through darkmet markets as a major threat and instructed NCB to tap into the vast pool of technical skills available in our country, particularly that of youth and students NCB also recognizes that the younger generation has to be protected from the menace of drugs for India to progress further as a world leader. One of the key steps in achieving. this objective is to keep yberspace clean from: the invasion of drugs and other harmful substances for our youth, With these objectives, the Darkathon was conceptualized and launched by NCB on February 15, 2022 More details of the Darkathon 2022 are available on their website and registration of the event is open till March 31, 2022, which can be done of the portal. A brochure ‘encapsulating the details of the Darkathon 2022 is also enclosed, For any further information, please contact Mt. Piyush Kumar Singh, Assistant Director (Enforcement, NCB Headquarters at 01 1-26761000 or at darkathon-nch@ov,in | request you to kindly disseminate this information to your faculty members to encourage the stuclents ‘o participate inthe event and help the Gavernment of India to accomplish its vision of Drug ree India’, ‘With warm regards, ‘Yours sincerely, (Pankaj Mittal) All the Vice Chancellors/Directors of AIU Member Universities/InstitutionsNARCOTICS CONTROL eu DARKATHON 2022 PAE Rah Clete Rec LG ISOs CEA Teme cuca UC) In collaboration with CyberPeace Foundation ® Ctepor) NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU DARKATHON 2022 INTRODUCTION ‘The rise in the extensive use of tec ‘hnology has also brought with it increase in cybercrime: Cyberatta: and crimes have permeated almos sf soci growing in valume,velacityand sophis cation with each passing da b a tagenciesinIndiaandacrassthe and technology is more apparent t day than ever before, Almost 's or technology in one form ar the |d rooted in technology. One of the most concerning facet of this change i it trafficking in drugs and drug-related money isundering through the misuse of information and communication technologies. including Internet, dark- net, anonymous and encrypted connections, messengers, electronic and virtual payment systems. According to the 2021 World Orug Report, about 74% of the darknat transactions, or about 90% of darknat sales, were drug related, The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the situation and thereare tell-a-t nsabout this. For exam= ple the number of drug seizures from parcel or courier consignments increased by almost 250% in India after the outbreak of CVID-19 and a good number of them are linked to drug trafficking through darknet markets. Further, digitalization of society and growing online retail and distribution chains will very likely lead ta an upward trend in the misuse of darknet technology to aid drug trafficking, Drug law enforcement agencies need ta be ahead of the curve to counter and negate the challenges af technalogy advances that drug traffickers take advantage of The help and ald of the public can ga a long way in technically equipping agencies like NCB tackle the menace of drug trafficking. Keeping these in mind, NCB has decided to organize a hackathon that can tap into the high quality technical pool of the coun~ tryto find effective solutions to unravel the anonymity of darknet markets: The DarkathonPROBLEM STATEMENTS markets selling drugs (automatically add new markets and drop inactive/ a Crawling of darkweb to identify and catalogue active and genuine darknet taken down markets) feoey Crawling of darknet markets to identify drug traffickers on dark net based in India and the drugs they offer for sale. 8 Digital foot printing of active drug traffickers on dark net based in India. PHASES $ | ¢ PHASE PHASE 2 PHASE 3 IDEATHON AND POC ‘SHORTLISTING GRAND FINALE SUBMISSION (PRESENTATION ROUND) The Grand Finale will be hosted as a presentation round. The shortlisted participants need to present their ideas to the jury in ‘the form of presentation. videos and prototype. The presentation round will be of 15 minutes with 10 minutes of presentation and § minutes of BEA. ® Past the closure of registrations, the evaluation committee witl shortlist top 30 entries far the ext round. ‘8 The participants need to register themselves either as a leam of maximum three individuals or a8 a singlamembers. ‘© During registration the partici- pants are required ta give a shart description (net more than 200 words) of their praposid solution ‘long with @ detailed PowerPoint presentation (not more than 10 slides) against the selected prob- em statement. ‘9 The participants can also include videos. images and screenshots: Inthe presentation.PRIZES eee Ly ree] Ld retarllisting THE TIMELINE ABOUT NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU eT ee ae las aan BTN eae area et it Rae ned Loma Peet alain sipennne eTEeTSLCIC LS ree aren pare eat ee eS peer met et RS ua aoa Perea ent eet ue Ge ae igre cease relent See Re er ae OI tal tienines Pees aise nbsner wembernieey Oar. tA at oar en ol ee rere gt mar cane aren ee een Si ee parplpoeni Nnee te I coc akin eTaaeaniT el etre eu oeukc eran en MPiT e seat haa ABOUT CYBERPEACE FOUNDATION eer cae a a a civil society organization, think tank of cybersecurity and peepee eel ee ae ae NRCP Ue oe tees Btobal threats of cyber warfare, CPF is involved in Policy Advocacy eee or ee Loe ma daal Lanaelbenamneeni NA St en iol en aaa Serene era Said fepemenneeiemrtoer re Ce Se Maia Mr naeett CI ual academic institutions and civil society entities. 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