Darknet hackers are selling crypto accounts for as little as $30 a pop
Cybercriminals from the darkest parts of the internet are reportedly selling hacked, verified crypto accounts on the darknet for as little as $30 each.
According to an April 24 research paper from online data security provider Privacy Affairs — titled The Dark Web Price Index — cybercriminals have been selling all kinds of fraudulently obtained financial account information on the dark web.
The prices of some of the poorly verified cryptocurrency accounts include:
- Kraken verified account: $1170
- Binance Verified Account: $410
- Crypto.com Verified Account: $300
- Coinbase verified account: $250
- US Verified Bitrex Account: $30
These figures mark a significant increase in the prices paid for the same account details in 2022, according to data from last year’s edition of the Dark Web Price Index. In 2022, hackers only paid $260 and $250 for verified Kraken and Binance accounts.
Hacked accounts can be used to illegally evade 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 just $110, while login information for online banking accounts with balances up to $2,000 sells for $60.
Login details for all sorts of social media accounts are also available, including hacked Facebook, Airbnb and Gmail accounts, from as low as $25 a pop.
In a statement about these shocking new figures, Privacy Affairs security researcher Miklos Zoltan said that internet users need to be more careful with personal information than ever before.
“If someone gets hold of your financial details or social media credentials, the prices mentioned above are basically what it’s worth to them,” Zoltan explained.
“There’s a good chance you value these things a lot more than they do, because to them you’re just another brand for a quick buck.”
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Hacking of accounts on popular crypto exchanges has been a growing problem in the industry.
Recently, a customer of US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase filed a lawsuit against the company after an attack on his account.
He claimed to have lost “90% of his savings” after falling victim to a malicious hack known as “SIM swapping” – where fraudsters gain control of a phone number by tricking the telecoms provider into linking the number to their own SIM card . card.
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