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A new report shows the average prices that hackers are willing to pay in exchange for control of different online accounts that have been compromised.
Selling stolen login credentials is a common practice on the dark web, a collection of underground networks, where hackers will pay a high price for access to personal data, counterfeit documents, and hacked social media accounts.
Compromised Gmail and Facebook accounts are among the priciest stolen logins, possibly because they could be leveraged to gain broader access or trick other people into handing over information.
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Can you put a price tag on the security of your online accounts? Hackers certainly can — and a new report shows the average price they’re willing to pay for compromised account logins traded on the dark web.
Researchers with Privacy Affairs, the research arm of cybersecurity firm NordVPN, analyzed hundreds of recent listings on the dark web, where hackers routinely exchange stolen credentials. The researchers indexed the average prices of different types of logins for sale.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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