“Brians Club” Hack Rescues 26M Stolen Cards
Summary: BriansClub, an underground store selling stolen credit card data, was itself hacked, exposing more than 26 million credit and debit card records collected over four years, including almost eight million uploaded in 2019 alone. Flashpoint analysis found the site sold roughly 9.1 million cards between 2015 and August 2019 for $126 million in bitcoin sales, and that more than 14 million unsold cards had future expiration dates.
Why it matters: At the Justice Department's $500 average loss per card, the 9.1 million cards Flashpoint confirmed sold represent more than $4 billion in likely losses, and the site's administrator claimed the leaked data had been pulled from sale while a spot check suggested otherwise.
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