from the historical beginnings of the early hacking ommunity and then gradually moves on to contemporary developments within the internet. Additionally, the involvement of states and terrorist activities are examined. Originally it was planned to include information in the form of screenshots and text about deep web drug markets and forums. However, this would have led to this thesis becoming rather sensationalistic than scientific. Therefore it is restricted to Silk Road as a representative example for illegal activities on the Deep Web. Information gathered in this work stems from scientific articles, journals, books, newspaper articles, websites and personal observations.