{"id":7587,"date":"2022-10-29T19:37:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T17:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/29\/buying-bad-the-black-market-where-access-to-hacked-australian-data-can-cost-just-500\/"},"modified":"2022-10-29T19:37:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T17:37:55","slug":"buying-bad-the-black-market-where-access-to-hacked-australian-data-can-cost-just-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/29\/buying-bad-the-black-market-where-access-to-hacked-australian-data-can-cost-just-500\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Buying bad\u2019: the black market where access to hacked Australian data can cost just $500"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some sites that mediate the sale of hacked data use Reddit-style upvoting systems to weed out scammers and law enforcement<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2018\/may\/15\/the-guardian-app?CMP=cvau_sfl\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When personal data is stolen in a breach, such as the recent high-profile attacks on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2022\/oct\/03\/optus-commissions-independent-review-of-data-breach\">Optus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/oct\/26\/medibank-confirms-all-39-million-customers-had-data-accessed-in-hack\">Medibank<\/a>, it often begins a journey through a shadowy criminal marketplace which follows surprisingly traditional models of supply and demand.<\/p>\n<p>Passwords, personal information, copies of identity documents and contact details of victims may pass through a web of transactions, mediated in online forums or hidden on the dark web, and denominated in cryptocurrency, before ending up in the hands of those who plan to exploit them.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for our free morning and afternoon email newsletters from Guardian Australia for your daily news roundup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/oct\/30\/buying-bad-the-black-market-where-access-to-hacked-australian-data-can-cost-just-500\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img 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