Identity
thieves are offering a person's credit-card number, date of birth and other
sensitive information for as little as US$14 over the Internet, said a new
report on online threats released Monday. The data is sold on so-called
'underground economy servers,' used by criminal organizations to hawk
information they've captured through hacking, Symantec said in its Internet
Security Threat Report, which tracked online trends from June to December 2006.
The information can then be used for identity scams such as opening a bank
account in a false name.
I may not be an expert in hacking but I think that selling IDs for $14 might be a little low :-(