begood Posted April 23, 2010 Report Posted April 23, 2010 What will Facebook do if the Russian hacker Kirllos' claim that he has in his possession login credentials for 1.5 million Facebook accounts proves to be true?The hacker was spotted offering the credentials for sale on an underground forum. This image of the post in question was posted on Twitter by Mikko Hyponnen, CRO at F-Secure:Kirllos asks from $25 to $45 per 1,000 accounts (that's $0.025/$0.045 per account), and according to VeriSign's Director of Cyber Intelligence Rick Howard, he has already been able to sell some almost half of the total number.If the credentials are legitimate and the accounts exist, that means that 1 in every 300 accounts is compromised, and can be used by the buyers to prey on other users by spamming and scamming them - not to mention, to direct them towards sites serving malware. And people are mole likely to fall for such tricks, since they have a tendency to trust other users that are encompassed in their (online) social circle.Infoworld reports that Facebook has yet to comment on the whole situation, but I can bet everything I have on the fact that they are investigating the claim thoroughly. Russian hacker offers 1.5m Facebook credentials for saleforumul in cauza : forum.antichat.ru Quote
loki Posted April 23, 2010 Report Posted April 23, 2010 auuch mi-ai luat-o inainte, am dat si eu de el mai adineauri si pregateam copy-paste-ul de rigoare.Ma limitez la link, sub alta forma aceeasi stire:1.5 million stolen Facebook IDs up for saleRussian Hacker Selling 1.5 Million Facebook AccountsAici aveti extras despre piata, poate va intereseaza preturile:Kirllos' Facebook prices are extremely cheap compared to what others are charging. In its most recent Internet Security Threat Report, Symantec found that e-mail usernames and passwords typically went for between $1 to $20 per account -- Kirllos wants as little as $0.025 per Facebook account. More coveted credit card or bank account details can go for much more, ranging between $0.85 to $30 for credit card numbers to $15 to $850 for top-quality online bank accounts. Quote
