"As well as millions of customer names and contact details, the databases show how much money people had spent at the stores. The hacker the BBC spoke to says he purchased the spreadsheets for $300,000 (£224,000) in order to target the biggest spenders. He claims to have used the information along with details from another stolen database to scam multiple Coinbase users out of at least $1.5m (£1.1m) in crypto."
""Data is a common problem as Bitcoin millionaires are becoming so frequent, and there are stolen databases that are enriching the target list all the time," says Matthew Jones, founder of Haven, a crypto security firm."
""I buy hacked databases and cross-reference them with others to check for rich people and for up-to-date phone numbers and emails. I'm still going down the list and tripled my money very fast," he claimed."
Stolen customer databases containing names, contact details and purchase histories enable criminals to identify high-spending individuals and obtain current phone numbers and emails. Criminals purchase such spreadsheets to target wealthy customers, sometimes paying hundreds of thousands of dollars. One hacker reports buying spreadsheets for $300,000 and claims to have used them with another stolen database to scam multiple cryptocurrency exchange users out of at least $1.5m. The hacker provided confirmation of possession of the stolen data and claims $700,000 in Bitcoin derived from a single victim. The hacker describes cross-referencing hacked databases to rapidly multiply gains.
Read at DataBreaches.Net
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