Everything in is for sale on the dark internet, from our documentation and financial data to the passwords of Spotify or Netflix accounts
At this point we are not going to discover the importance of being cautious when sharing certain information, especially financial information, nor how easy it can be for a hacker to take advantage of our trust to obtain practically any data, but have you ever wondered how much out for them on the ‘Dark Web’ or
dark web?
The company specializing in private networks, NordVPN, has commissioned a study that ensures that, in general, the most demanded items are identification documents followed by financial information and that the market value of each element does not depend so much on the damage they can cause us. their theft as the ease with which they can obtain it. Thus, for example, the analysis reveals that
for a copy of our DNI they ask for 13.79 euros, but if the cybercriminal buyer opts for the passport or the bank account, both are somewhat cheaper; he can get them for 9.2 and 11.98 euros, respectively. You can also buy
a batch of our mails personal for 11.86 euros. Prices vary (and a lot) depending on the country to which they belong. Thus, for example, a copy of a passport ranges from 3,620 euros that can cost Czechs, Slovaks and Lithuanians to 8.5 for Argentines.
In the section dedicated to Spanish documentation, at the time the assessment was made, the most expensive was the
covid certified, for which they asked 238 euros. In the financial information, the most valued were the data that allow access to the portfolio on digital platforms dedicated to the purchase of cryptocurrencies. From 375 on Binance to 271 on Bittrex.
The study also details (although not in all countries) how much they would get for a
mobile phone (around nine euros), a driver’s license (between 1,600 for one issued in Poland and 7.5 for a Philippine one) or for the passwords of profiles on social networks or service accounts on the most diverse platforms. Everything is for sale; usurping our profile on LinkedIn would cost 198 euros and on Twitter only 1.9; hijack our accounts
AirBnB, Spotify o Netflix It goes from 58 for the first to 9.2 euros for the last.