Hacker Sells 22 Million Unacademy User Records
via Bleeping Computer
8-May | Commentary by Steve Tso • Cyber Business Review • Victoria, BC
We’ve all heard it before, and some may even be numb to it. “Company X got hacked and Y amount of personal data was stolen”. Well, what does that really look like? This article from bleepingcomputer.com paints a dark reality on what hackers sell post breach. The fact that $2000 buys you 21,909,707 user records containing legitimate usernames, passwords, date joined, last login date, email addresses, first and last names, and whether the account is active, a staff member, or a superuser, should be enough to make your stomach turn.