12 July 2009
Hackers Sell Your Identity
Hackers Can Sell Your Identity for Pennies – Associated Press
- Stolen credit card numbers now go for as little as 6 cents each, if they’re bought 10,000 at a time.
- Access to hijacked e-mail accounts: 10 cents to $100.
- Bank account credentials: $10 to $1,000.
“The pipeline for stolen data is being replenished by phony “phishing” e-mails that are becoming more common as the economy worsens. Three-quarters of the phishing e-mails Symantec examined were banking-related, for things like low-interest loans and mortgage refinancing. When people pay for those services, their money vanishes.”
“It estimates that more than 5 million U.S. consumers lost money to phishing attacks from September 2007 to September 2008 — a 40 percent increase over the estimated number of victims a year earlier”
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Posted by Admin | July 12, 2009 | Filed under ID Theft In The News