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AskCyber Home » News » News » Dark Web Breach Leaks 600K Stolen Payment Cards

Dark Web Breach Leaks 600K Stolen Payment Cards

2021-04-09 by Michelle Dvorak

Swarmshop Data Leak

Swarmshop Hacker Marketplace Leaks Stolen Data Cards, Government ID Numbers

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Swarmshop dark web marketplace is the target of a breach that has exposed some of its stolen data. The leaked data includes payment card numbers from banks in nine countries, US Social Security numbers, as well as Canadian Social Insurance numbers.

Swarmshop has 623,036 stolen payment card numbers posted for sale. Government ID numbers were also exposed.

The stolen payment cards were posted on Swarmshop but leaked to another online forum.

The tranche of that exposed stolen financial data and sensitive personal information also includes almost 500 bank accounts, 68,995 US Social Security numbers, and 597 Canadian Social Insurance numbers.

RELATED READ Joker’s Stash Lists 3M Credit Cards for Sale on Dark Web

Swarmshop has been selling stolen data in its dark web marketplace since about 2019.

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Issuing Bank Locations:

More than 600,000 payment cards were leaked and issued by banks mostly in the US, but also from eight other countries.

  • United States (62.7%)
  • China (14.02%)
  • United Kingdom (3.24%)
  • Canada (3.09%)
  • France (3.07%)
  • Singapore (1.6%)
  • Brazil (1.32%)
  • Saudi Arabia (0.99%)
  • Mexico (0.86%)

See Also Millions of Facebook User Records for Sale on Dark Web

The exposed data was found online by cyber security researchers at Group-IB.

Sometimes hackers get hacked too.

The data breach also includes records information for:

  • Four shop admins
  • 90 stolen data sellers
  • 12,250 buyers of stolen data,
  • The buyer data contains usernames, hashed (encrypted) passwords, account balance. For some of them their contact details are exposed

Credit cards and government ID cards are not the only data sets for sale I’m dark web marketplaces an underground forum. cyber criminals also steal and sell Gmail account logins in Microsoft Office credentials.

On average hacked Gmail account login credentials fetch about $155.

Stolen corporate Microsoft Office credentials are especially valuable. Email login credentials can be used to compromise your inbox. Cybercriminals look for financial documents, corporate secrets another financial transactions.

SEE ALSO Most Common Password List 2020

Hackers also use email accounts to reset passwords to banks credit cards another valuable accounts.

You should never use the same password over-and-over again across multiple online accounts. You should also never write down your passwords on paper or where someone may find them.

If you cannot think of and remember an original password for every online you have, the use a password manager to create and store them for you. Reliable password vaults like Password Keeper can help you.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: dark web

About Michelle Dvorak

Michelle writes about cyber security, data privacy focusing on social media privacy as well as how to protect your IoT devices. She has worked in internet technology for over 20 years and owns METRONY, LLC. Michelle earned a B.S. in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Michelle published a guide to Cyber Security for Business Travelers


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