South Africans' vulnerability to cybercrime has been highlighted with the discovery that passports, identity documents, bank cards and e-mail information is on sale on 'the dark web' for under R200 - among the cheapest in the world.
The researchers explained: “In some ways a dark web market is much like any other. Criminals who buy products on these criminal markets expect to make their money back and then some — the same way a tradesman might buy a tool at a hardware store.The most commonly found item in the overall dark web market was payment card data.
Copies of passports were the most expensive item at about $600 on average. However, prices varied greatly between countries, with Argentinian passports being the cheapest at $9 and Czech, Slovakian and Lithuanian passports tied for most expensive at $3,800 . Batches of e-mail addresses bought in large quantities are used to launch broad scams and hacks. The EU had the most expensive personal and business addresses.Hackers get lots of data by targeting the websites and services you share your data with. You can’t personally secure the servers that store your data, but you can “vote with your wallet/feet”. Make your data security a priority.
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