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Cybercriminals from the darkest corners of the internet are reportedly selling hacked, verified cryptocurrency accounts on the dark web for as little as $30 each.
According to an April 24 study by online data security provider Privacy Affairs called The Dark Web Price Index, cybercriminals are selling all sorts of fraudulent financial account information on the dark web.
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The prices of some of the fraudulently obtained verified cryptocurrency accounts include:
- Verified Kraken account: $1,170
- Verified Binance Account: $410
- Verified Crypto.com account: $300.
- Verified Coinbase account: $250.
- US verified Bittrex account: $30.
These figures show a significant increase in the prices paid for the same account data in 2022, according to data from last year’s edition of the Dark Web Price Index. In 2022, hackers paid just $260 and $250 for verified Kraken and Binance accounts, respectively.
Hacked accounts can be used to illegally circumvent know-your-customer (KYC) measures on popular cryptocurrency exchanges.
Cryptocurrency accounts are not the only items on the list. Account information for credit cards with balances up to $5,000 sells for as little as $110, while login credentials for online banking accounts with balances up to $2,000 sell for $60.
Login data for all kinds of social media accounts is also available to capture, including hacked Facebook, Airbnb and Gmail accounts, starting at $25 each.
In a statement regarding these shocking new numbers, privacy security researcher Miklós Zoltan said internet users need to be more careful with their personal information than ever before.
“If someone gets their hands on your financial or social media credentials, the prices mentioned above will basically pay off,” Zoltan explained.
“There’s a good chance you value these things a lot more than they do, since to them you’re just another target for a quick buck.”
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Account hacking on popular cryptocurrency exchanges is becoming an increasingly serious problem in the industry.
Recently, a client of the American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase filed a lawsuit against the company in connection with an attack on his account.
He claimed to have lost “90% of his savings” after he fell victim to a nefarious hack known as “SIM spoofing,” in which scammers gain control of a phone number by tricking a carrier into associating the number with their own SIM card. map.