Find Out How Much Your Account Credentials Sell for on the Dark Web
Hacked accounts fetch a good price on the dark web. The annual Dark Web Price Index report published by cyber security researchers at Privacy Affairs details the average selling prices for everything from stolen Gmail accounts, social media accounts, credit cards, and malware attacks.
The report is a collection of average prices taken from various dark web marketplaces, online forums known for selling stolen personal and financial data, and other websites.
Stolen Data Includes:
- Cloned credit cards and associated data
- Payment processing services
- Forged documents
- Social media
- Malware
- DDoS attacks for sale
People often think that they only need to protect their financial accounts – banks, stock accounts, credit cards – from hackers. But there is also a lucrative business in selling personal data – email accounts, government ID numbers, passwords, birth dates – are all valuable information as they can be used to social engineer into other more valuable online accounts.
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When people use the same email address and password combination across multiple accounts which puts the valuable accounts at risk. For example, if you use the same password for your Twitter account (which can be bought for about $49) it can be used to hack into your bank or credit card accounts. That’s why the Gmail account is more valuable at $155.
Hacked PayPal accounts were the most common items listed for sale on the dark web.
Prices range from $1 for online services – social media followers and malware attacks. All the way to fake government identification – prices varies depending on country and quality. Apparently, American Automobile Association (AAA) cards are valuable too – AAA emergency road service membership cards sell for $70. Of course, malware is for sale as well. One-thousand Instagram likes costs only $6 and one-thousand followers cost $7.
Average Dark Web Prices (USD)
- Cloned Mastercard with PIN ($15)
- Cloned American Express with PIN ($35)
- Stolen PayPal account details, minimum ($100)
- US driving license, average quality ($70 low-quality to $550 high-quality)
- US, Canadian, or European Union passport ($1500)
Stolen Credit Cards
Credit card numbers can be stolen from e-commerce website data breaches, credit card skimmers at brick-and-mortar retail locations, phishing emails, spoof websites, hacked accounts, etc..
- Cloned Mastercard with PIN ($15)
- Cloned American Express cards with PIN ($35)
- Walmart account with credit card attached ($10)
Hacked Social Media Accounts
The average price for a hacked Facebook account is about ($74), Instagram accounts sell for slightly less at $55.45 each for login credentials. Followers and engagement can be bought too.
Personal Identifiable Information
US, Canadian, and European passports sell for about $1500 each and European Union national ID cards sell for $550. Average quality US driving licenses cost on average about $70. Wells Fargo bank statements sell for $25 and Wells Fargo bank statement with transactions on them sell for $80, without transactions is cheaper at $25. All of this information can be used to open up additional lines of credit in the victim’s name.
Hacked Gmail accounts sell for $155.73.
