Did you know how your privacy worth in dark web, these are the answer

News24xx.com - Personal data is priceless. However, in the eyes of hackers who steal the identity of people, the data can be so cheap, so happens when personal data of Facebook users are sold in the illegal market.

A research on the selling price of accounts in the dark web market shows that one Facebook user login data is priced only USD 5.20 or about IDR 71 thousand for each account.

For information, dark web is a term in which people interact using online networks specifically for illegal activities. Usually sites on the dark web are guarded by certain encryption that allows people to visit the site anonymously.

Fractl, a content marketing company, discovers the facts of the selling price of personal user data of internet services on the dark web. The information was revealed after they downloaded Tor client or anonymous network in the browser in order to enter the dark web.

Of the three largest dark web market, quoted by Daily Mail, Sunday, May27th 2018, namely Dream, Point, and Wall Street Market, found the selling price of Facebook account is cheaper than per account PayPal with USD 247 (IDR 3.4 million ), USD 15.39 (IDR 212 thousand), eBay USD 12.48 (IDR 172 thousand), Amazon USD 9 (IDR 124 thousand), Netflix USD 8.23 ??(IDR 113 thousand), Uber USD 7 (IDR 96 thousand) , and Airbnb USD 7.87 (IDR 108 thousand).

This Facebook account is only more expensive than Gmail and Yahoo account that both priced USD 1 (IDR 13 thousand), and Spotify USD 0.21 (IDR 2 thousand).

The personal data values above are per February 2018 and the dark web market edition in the United States. According to experts, the reason why the selling price of Facebook, Gmail, and Spotify data is cheap because hackers can easily get the account in question.

Thus, the price of our privacy on the internet if unconscious to protect it, can be marketed very cheaply on the black market for the benefit that it can be harmful in the future.

 

 

 

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