Google will soon conclude a customer facing tool that tracks those massive databases which malicious actors trade on the dark web.

The company is indicating the free 'dark web report' system wasn't that helpful. But Google is also hinting it's working on better security tools for users.

Google has just sent out an email to active users of its “Dark Web Report” tool to inform them that, as of February 16, 2026, the tool will be shut down. The feature was made available to all Google ...

Google is retiring its free Dark Web monitoring tool for Gmail users, citing a lack of helpful next steps and meaningful alerts. The tool, which scann ...

Google is preparing to shut down its free dark web monitoring tool, ending a short-lived experiment that made breach alerts widely accessible beyond paid subscribers. The company has confirmed that ...