Information security specialist Brian Krebs said that the BriansClub card resource, known in certain circles, was hacked. But it is not the hacking itself that is noteworthy, but the fact that after the compromise, it was possible to find out the number of credit card records in the site's database — more than 26 million of them.
All this data was stolen in various ways-from phishing to hacking into the databases of retailers who did not store their customers ' information very securely. The volume of stolen cards is growing from year to year. So, this year, about 8 million records were stolen, which is a record figure.
Gemini Advisory, an organization that monitors card markets, claims that about 87 million credit and debit card data is currently on sale. But the fact that only one resource represents a third of the volume of map entries indicates that the creators of BriansClub are very active.
Most likely, the BriansClub site will no longer be able to return to the market, but this does not mean a decrease in trading volumes on card resources. Existing players will try to take leadership positions in the absence of the leader himself. So in the near future, we can expect the appearance of a new giant marketplace of carders.
Card buyers of such resources receive a plastic "blank" with magnetic tape, on which the purchased data is clogged. You can use such "cards" for purchases of electronics, digital goods, gift cards, etc.Law enforcement officers estimate the cost of one account leaked to the network at $500.
BriansClub is a website that has been around for several years. It mimics the site of Brian Krebs, but of course it is not an information security resource. BriansClub sold about 1.7 million credit card records in 2015, 2.9 million in 2016, 4.9 million in 2017, and 9.2 million in 2018. Most of the stolen data is information read from the magnetic stripe of credit cards. A packet of such data can be recorded on the magnetic stripe of another card and then used as a credit card, which is what many carders do.
According to information security experts. About 14 million records out of the 26 million that were on sale can still be valid. The total value of the accounts sold is $414 million. Presumably, the site sold $126 million worth of information in previous years. If you evaluate the cards according to the law enforcement scheme ($500 per entry), it turns out that BriansClub sold cards worth $2.27 billion.
All this data was stolen in various ways-from phishing to hacking into the databases of retailers who did not store their customers ' information very securely. The volume of stolen cards is growing from year to year. So, this year, about 8 million records were stolen, which is a record figure.
Gemini Advisory, an organization that monitors card markets, claims that about 87 million credit and debit card data is currently on sale. But the fact that only one resource represents a third of the volume of map entries indicates that the creators of BriansClub are very active.
Most likely, the BriansClub site will no longer be able to return to the market, but this does not mean a decrease in trading volumes on card resources. Existing players will try to take leadership positions in the absence of the leader himself. So in the near future, we can expect the appearance of a new giant marketplace of carders.
Card buyers of such resources receive a plastic "blank" with magnetic tape, on which the purchased data is clogged. You can use such "cards" for purchases of electronics, digital goods, gift cards, etc.Law enforcement officers estimate the cost of one account leaked to the network at $500.
BriansClub is a website that has been around for several years. It mimics the site of Brian Krebs, but of course it is not an information security resource. BriansClub sold about 1.7 million credit card records in 2015, 2.9 million in 2016, 4.9 million in 2017, and 9.2 million in 2018. Most of the stolen data is information read from the magnetic stripe of credit cards. A packet of such data can be recorded on the magnetic stripe of another card and then used as a credit card, which is what many carders do.
According to information security experts. About 14 million records out of the 26 million that were on sale can still be valid. The total value of the accounts sold is $414 million. Presumably, the site sold $126 million worth of information in previous years. If you evaluate the cards according to the law enforcement scheme ($500 per entry), it turns out that BriansClub sold cards worth $2.27 billion.
