Your digital life can be sold on the Dark Web for only Rs 3,500: Kaspersky.
Kaspersky researchers found that the price paid for one hacked account was lower, with most selling for about $ 1 per account and discounts offered to buy bulk.
Your personal data can be sold at Dark Web as low as Rs 3,500 which includes stolen social media accounts, banking details and credit card information from websites such as Uber as well as games and porn sites, new research has warned.
According to Kaspersky Lab cyber security firms that investigate the Dark Web market to find out how much personal data is worth, cyber criminals can sell a complete digital life of less than $ 50 (almost Rs 3,500).
"It can include data from stolen social media accounts, banking details, remote access to servers or desktops, as well as data from popular services such as Uber, Netflix, and Spotify, as well as gaming websites, dating apps and pornographic websites that may save credit card information. "
The Dark Web, also known as Dark Net, is part of the internet that is not indexed by search engines.
Kaspersky researchers found that the price paid for one hacked account was lower, with most selling for about $ 1 per account and with criminals offering discounts for bulk purchases.
"It is clear that data hacking is a major threat to all of us, and this applies to individual and community levels, as data data is stolen by many social crimes," said David Jacoby, Senior Security Researcher at Kaspersky Lab.
Stolen data caused by public safety may have limited resale value, but can be used for many uses.
"This can cause major problems for individual victims, who may lose their money and reputation, find themselves pursuing debt that others have done on their behalf, or are suspected of being crimes committed by others using their identities as a cover," said the researcher. .
The most common way criminals to steal this type of data in the first place are through spear phishing campaigns or by exploiting web security security vulnerabilities in an application software.
After a successful attack, the crime gets a password password that contains a combination of email and password for hacked services.
"With so many people using the same password for multiple accounts, attackers may be able to use this information to access accounts on other platforms as well," says Kaspersky Lab.
Interestingly, some criminals who sell data even give their buyers with a lifetime warranty, so if one account stops working, the buyer will receive a new account for free.
"There are some steps that can be taken to prevent it, including using cyber security software, and realizing how much data we provide for free - especially on publicly available social media profiles, or to organizations," said Jacoby.