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TRU is alarmed that major payment systems such as MasterCard, Visa and American Express are failing to adequately secure sensitive data, and it is not just isolated incidents in specific countries – hackers have targeted customers of these systems all over the world. It is reported that a small group of wholesale buyers are acquiring stolen credit card data, who then sell it directly or through intermediaries to retailers. The latter are reselling the stolen data on underground forums.

chaos, the market for illegally extracting valuable information is divided between two groups of participants: one group extracts it, the other manages it. This “division of labor” significantly reduces the risk of the schemes being exposed. “This business model is similar to a pyramid, and there is nothing new about it - organized crime has simply italy mobile database into the digital age,” say TRU experts.

It is noteworthy that the difference in prices for stolen credit card data varies insignificantly, however, this concerns residents not from the USA - their information is constantly getting cheaper. As for the sales technique, as a rule, the data of one card is sold in two packages: one contains the card number and other digital symbols, the other ("fullz") - data confirming the identity. The latter may include PIN codes or other identifiers that thieves need in case the payment systems have doubts about the identity of the cardholder.