Rick McElroy, security strategist at security company Carbon Black, said personal information is becoming cheaper because more and more records are leaking. Last year, 5.3 billion records were released due to accidents and 2.6 billion records leaked by hackers.
How valuable is the user's personal data? Picture 2 Price of personal information according to Experian's statistics.(Photo: Experian.)
How is personal information traded?
There are 3 main ways to buy and sell personal information:
According to statistics of Javelin Group in 2017, the level of fraud committed based on illegal data access has increased nearly 400% in the last 4 years.
What users have to do to protect their personal information
To protect themselves, users should:
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