The technology will help investigators deal with the huge amount of data found on the internet and the dark web.

A cadre of former intelligence officers is lurking on the dark recesses of the internet on behalf of federal law enforcement and a shortlist of wealthy clients.

​Consumer-facing web services providers like email. social media or cloud storage companies are wrestling with the impact of huge troves of hacked passwords available on the dark web.

Intelligence officials are again raising concerns over encrypted communications and the so-called "dark Web" after alleged members of ISIS ​planned and executed a series of deadly attacks Friday in Paris without leaving a digital footprint.