Thursday, October 15, 2015

Your Stolen Data Is Worth as Little as 55 Cents Online: Intel Security Report

Ever wonder how much your stolen personal information sells for online? Turns out not much, according to a report released Thursday by Intel Security Group's McAfee Labs.

McAfee researchers monitored websites, chat rooms and other places on the Dark Web where stolen data — everything from credit card numbers to hotel loyalty account info — are packaged, bought and sold.

They found that going prices ranged this year from as little as 55 cents to $1 for account login credentials to online video streaming services, to several hundred dollars for bank login credentials.

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