When personal data is dumped online, it can take just nine minutes for bad guys to start using it, according to a report from the Federal Trade Commission.Over the course of three weeks in April and May, the FTC analyzed what happens when hacked personal data is shared online.Researchers created 100 fake consumers and gave them fictitious personal information like names, emails and passwords, and either a credit card, Bitcoin wallet, or online payment account. Then they posted the collection of data on a site popular with leaking stolen credentials, once on April 27 and a second time on May 4.According to Dan Salsburg, acting chief at the FTC’s Office of Technology Research and Investigation, the the FTC observed two types of identity thieves — those who want to test credit cards’ authenticity to resell them, and those who tried making big purchases on things like clothing or hotels.
Källa: Identity thieves used stolen data 9 minutes after it was posted online – May. 26, 2017
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