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the cost(s) for an ID thief
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:23:56 -0500
http://www.slate.com/id/2189902/ Credit Card Numbers for SaleHow much does a Visa or MasterCard number go for these days? By Jacob Leibenluft Posted Thursday, April 24, 2008, at 6:18 PM ET Security experts at the InfoSecurity Europe conference are drawing attention to "data supermarkets" that sell stolen credit card numbers for a fixed price. According to a BBC story, "credit card details are cheap" on the black market while "the logfiles of big companies can go for up to $300." How much is my credit card number worth on the Internet? As little as a few cents. Reliable statistics about data theft are notoriously hard to come by, and reports of cheap cards for sale are nothing new. Researchers who track the Internet Relay Chat servers where this sort of business is often done, however, are reporting that the lowest advertised prices of credit card numbers has been falling during the past two years. Symantec—a firm that sells security software to both consumers and businesses—reported earlier this month that credit card numbers were now selling for anywhere between 40 cents and $20. (Credit cards from Europe or smaller card companies typically cost up to twice as much as standard-issue American numbers, presumably due to their relative scarcity within the market.) By comparison, Symantec researchers found bank account numbers going for anywhere from $10 to $1,000, and "full identities"—which include date of birth, address, and social security and telephone numbers—selling for between $1 and $15 a pop. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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