Tip of the iceberg: 6M stolen cards analyzed

Our online lives are built around the fiction that we will never be targeted by scammers or hackers — but in reality, thousands of stolen credit cards are sold on dark web marketplaces every day. Often, these card details are bundled with valuable personal information that lets criminals commit identity fraud or phishing attacks.

NordVPN researchers have analyzed a dataset of six million credit cards on eight major dark web marketplaces to understand the risks posed by credit card theft. Chillingly, this sample represents only a small fraction of all stolen payment information available on the dark web — it is but the tip of the iceberg of credit card theft worldwide.

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