Australian IDs and credit cards traded on dark web for less than $20.
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- Australiatimes
- February 3, 2021
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For less than $20 cybercriminals could siphon off all the money in your bank account. Vital personal information hacked from unknowing Australians, which could be used for a variety of crimes, is available right now on the dark web for not much more than a McDonald’s Big Mac meal, researchers claim. Cybercriminals can snap up someone’s fullz – the term used on the dark web to describe someone’s full credentials – and use it to commit identity fraud, including opening up new lines of credit in the victim’s name, taking over accounts, withdrawing cash from banks and other crimes. Researchers from Comparitech, a UK-based online security firm, analysed more than 40 dark web marketplaces to see how much identities and bundles of fullz were being sold for. A complete fullz bundle would typically include some kind of national identity number, name, date of birth, a driver’s license number, bank account statements, utility bills and sometimes even scans of passports or licenses.
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