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Here’s what your stolen identity goes for on the internet’s black market

3 points| cryptoz | 10 years ago |qz.com | reply

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[+] zenincognito|10 years ago|reply
Recently, my bank (Australia) was hacked and data stolen. How do I know ? Because, every day I get a spam email ( From @mybank.com ) which has my account numbers , the stocks I have traded and some other personal info that only my bank has and asks me to change my password. It also contains a link that goes to the third party website with a phishing page.

The big 4 banks here are very insecure and any one with even a mediocre knowledge of sysadmin can get into them. Alas, even after having billions in revenue they don'e have a bug bounty. Shame they take our money but do not take our privacy seriously.

[+] hermanmerman|10 years ago|reply
And you're still banking there? That sounds kind of serious...
[+] carterehsmith|10 years ago|reply
Horrible. That said, I couldn't help but notice how nicely done the web UI looks. Clearly-presented categories, nice and apparently accurate faceted search, the listings on the right are well arranged and obviously time was sent on picking right fonts, there is a 'Save search' function etc.

Have to say, looks much better than the average "Show HN" :)