What would the educational background of persons or teams who are behind the big markets be ? What level of technical expertise would they have ? What kind of a team would it take to establish a reliable market such as Evolution or Alphabay ? I am speculating these teams are rounded up very well to include computer/electrical engineers to design own ships, penetration testers, software engineers and various IT personnel. At least that would be the case in case the darknet industry is taken over by organised crime (ex: Russian mafia) and not individuals.
What do you think about this ?
I'm thinking they're self-taught, like most proficient IT people are. If the site is based out of Russia or E. Europe, (like AB) you can bet your ass that organized crime has a hand in it. I doubt it's an equal partnership between the people running and maintaining the site (I'm talking about AB here). More than likely they are just paid employees on a salary with the gangsters on top reaping the profits.