Dark Web Trade in Personal Data on Rise in Australia

Dark Web Trade in Personal Data on Rise in Australia
A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. Kacper Pempel/Reuters
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Notifiable data breaches are on the rise in Australia but most people don’t know where their stolen personal details end up or how much they’re worth, a cyber expert says.

To crooks, it’s the new gold: data in the form of Medicare numbers, bank account details, and social media passwords they can onsell.

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