Snip from a NYT report by Tom Zeller about online forums where criminals who buy and sell other people's financial data congregate:
"My prices are lowers then most of other vendors have and I will deliver them in real time," reads a typically fractured Zo0mer post.
At the same forum, another user, "tabbot," offers "any U.S. bank accounts" for sale. "Balance from 3K and above: $40," he writes. "Regular brokerage accounts from 3K and above: $70."
Tabbot also offers full access to hacked accounts from credit unions. One, with a $31,000 balance, is being sold for $400. "I can try search specific info such as signature, ssn, dob, email access," tabbot writes. "Account with an extra info will be more expensive."
Link to "Dens of Uncatchable Thieves."
See also this report by Zeller from last week, U.S. Arrests 7 on Charges of Credit Data Trading.
Previously on BoingBoing:
– Citibank under fraud attack, customers locked out
– PIN/ATM fiasco "worst ever," involves more banks
– Citibank security breach: undisclosed internally
– Consumers with Forced Debit Card Reissues Step Forward
