The beginning of the decade presented the online security community with an interesting news piece entitled Stolen Twitter Accounts Can Fetch $1,000. On the face of it, this seemed far-fetched, especially in comparison to credit card details, which were being sold at the time for less than $1. Are ill-gotten Twitter credentials 1,000 times more valuable than a pilfered credit card number?! While somewhat exaggerated, this comparison definitively coincides with latest trend in the stolen data market. The following article gives a quick glimpse into the economics of stolen credentials over the years, trader's tools and the methods used to monetise them.
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