USA Today has an article that talks about what is for sale in cybercrime forums, and what the prices are. What surprised me was that a PayPal account was only worth $7. I don’t have access to the data but it would be interesting to compare / contrast these prices with prices before the Shadowcrew busts. If anyone has that information please let me know and I will post it here.
Typical costs of goods and services in forums:
- $1,000 to $5,000: Trojan program that can transfer funds between online accounts.
- $500: Credit card number with PIN.
- $80 to $300: Change of billing data, including account number, billing address, Social Security number, home address and birth date.
- $150: Driver’s license.
- $150: Birth certificate.
- $100: Social Security card.
- $7 to $25: Credit card number with security code and expiration date.
- $7: PayPal account log-on and password.
- 4% to 8% of the deal price: Fee to have an escrow agent close a complex transaction.
- Free: Access to a service that gives details of the issuing bank for any credit card number.
–Chris
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