March 26, 2007

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  NEWS: Inexpensive Stolen Cards

  Security specialists Symantec has released its newest Internet Security Threat Report, and the news is alarming. It isn't shocking that people are selling stolen credit cards on the internet – that, sadly, is an old discovery – but how inexpensively the backbones of peoples' credit really are. It seems you can buy a filched credit card for as little as $US1. As an estimated 86% of stolen credit cards come from the US, values are lower on them. Prices for Canadian and British cards, for instance, are higher.
  
  Want to know what else is being bartered on the Web?
  
  British credit card – $US2 to $US12
  
  Total "identity" (bank account, credit card, government ID number and DOB) – $US14-$US18
  
  Access to an online bank account with a <$US10,000 balance – $US300
  
  Verified Paypal accounts – $US50-$US500
  
  Skype accounts – $US12
  
  World of Warcraft (an online roleplaying game) accounts – $US10
  
  Compromised computer trades – $US6
  
  Web sites for phishing attacks - $US3 to $US5
  
  
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