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A two-year study reveals the cost of fake passports, compromised bank accounts, and DDoS attacks on the dark web.
A new investigation conducted by Atlas VPN based on Flashpoint Intelligence research findings between 2017 and 2019 has uncovered the approximate cost of popular goods and services on the dark web.
Social Security Numbers, despite being widely regarded as outdated and insecure, particularly in the wake of the 2018 Equifax hack, are still used as the primary means of identity verification. As with Equifax, cyberattacks are often targeted at sites that will yield millions of SSNs at a time, allowing cybercriminals to steal “in bulk.”
Which helps explain the revelation that any individual SSN can retail for as little as $4 on the darknet.
And for that low cost, buyers often receive more than just somebody’s Social Security Number. According to Flashpoint, services sold on the dark web can be divided into four primary categories:
PII (personally identifiable information)
Stolen ..
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