What Price Information?
In the latest release of the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report we have an update on the price of information. Perhaps one of the most scary aspects is that you can now get volume discounts!
Top of the list are bank account and credit card details which range from 20p to £500. Next are full identities which come in at between 50p and £7.50 - while these do not give instant access to money they do enable cyber criminals to apply for bank accounts and credit cards in the victims name and then perpetrate the fraud without the victim knowing… until they find they have lost their credit rating due to bad debts.
Also making it to the top 5, for the first time, are eBay accounts and go for between 50p - £4. This shows that all information is worth money to someone (further down the list are gaming accounts, social network accounts and others). So… if you have information that you think is valuable to you then it is probably of value to someone else - protect it wisely.
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Good Blog. I will continue reading it in the future. Nice layout too.
Aaron Wakling
Thanks Aaron - it’s good to know I have readers out there!
Guy