What is your stolen data worth?

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From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9939862-7.html

By Elinor Mills
News Blog
News.com
May 8, 2008

You think your personal information is priceless. But everything has a 
price, even your stolen bank account information.

McAfee Avert Labs has discovered a price list that criminals use to buy 
and sell credit card numbers, bank account log-ins, and other consumer 
data that have been filched from unsuspecting Web surfers.

"Last Friday morning in France, my investigations lead me to visit a site 
proposing top-quality data for a higher price than usual," writes Francois 
Paget of McAfee. "But when we look at this data we understand that as 
everywhere, you have to pay for quality."

For example, a Washington Mutual Bank account in the U.S. with an 
available balance of $14,400 is priced at 600 euros ($924), while a 
Citibank UK account with an available balance of 10,044 pounds is priced 
at 850 euros ($1,310).

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