How your stolen personal data is sent to the dark web, and what hackers can do with it

Minimalist · Feb 10, 2019

Michael Gazeley rattles off the number of online accounts that are leaked onto the dark web – a hidden corner of the web where that stolen data is traded.

“It’s 6.5 billion now,” the cybersecurity specialist says, standing in his office in Kowloon, Hong Kong, overlooking a control room where glowing computer screens display the pulse being taken of nefarious web activity. One dial acts as an algorithm-generated odometer for internet threat levels, while a pulsing world map shows regions from which cyberattacks and spam campaigns are launched.
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reasonablePrivacy · Feb 10, 2019

“It’s a bit like the old joke with the lion. One guy is putting his trainers on and the other says, ‘you can’t outrun a lion’, and the other replies, ‘all I have to do is outrun you,’” says Gazeley.

“If a hacker really wants to target you, then chances are he’ll succeed. But if he’s not after you and you’re well protected, well, then he’ll go after one of the other 6.5 billion accounts.”
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