Thursday 4 August 2016

Hackers found selling US Social Security number, Netflix and email accounts for just $3

Inside the Dark Web there exists a thriving den of criminals where thousands of illegal goods and services are for sale — from drugs, weapons and pornography to financial details and stolen email accounts. According to a recent report by account-monitoring company LogDog, access to personal social media accounts, dating websites and even email accounts are being sold for as little as a couple of dollars.

The firm’s “Hot Commodity: How the Dark Web is selling our online accounts” report found that underground stores selling compromised accounts of various websites and online services have become increasingly popular in recent years, suggesting a “shift in the focus of cybercrime”.  “Several years back, when stores on online black market stores first became popular, the FBI called the phenomena ‘The Industrialisation of the Underground Economy,'” the report reads. “While some…accounts, such as eBay and Amazon, have always been available on the cyber black market, they were normally sold directly by members of the underground economy, not through automated websites.” For the full article click here 



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