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Hackers have published a database of 129 million Russian car owners from the traffic police registry and are selling it for 0.3-1.5 BTC. The authenticity of the information was confirmed by an employee of the car-sharing company.
According to
the Vedomosti publication, this week, hackers published part of the database of Russian motorists on one of the darknet sites. The founder and technical director of DeviceLock Ashot Hovhannisyan stated this in his channel on Telegram. The authenticity of the database was confirmed by an employee of one of the car-sharing companies.
The database contains personal data of 129 million car owners, including name, address, passport data and other confidential information. Hackers claim to have received data from the traffic police registry and sell it for cryptocurrency. For the full version of the database, hackers want 0.3 BTC, and for extended information for "exclusive use" - 1.5 BTC.
The database published in the public domain contains only anonymized information, for example, makes and models of cars, as well as the dates of their registration. According to hackers, the full version contains the names of the owners, their addresses, date of birth, passport and contact information.
Stolen personal data is often sold for cryptocurrency. In March, the data of 266,000 clients of the Trident Crypto Fund, including 10,000 Russians, were made public. The leak was due to a vulnerability on the fund’s website.
In addition, in early March, the Digitex cryptocurrency derivatives exchange reported a major leak of data containing e-mail and other information to more than 8,000 customers, and in November, the BitMEX exchange massively leaked user email addresses.
According to
the Vedomosti publication, this week, hackers published part of the database of Russian motorists on one of the darknet sites. The founder and technical director of DeviceLock Ashot Hovhannisyan stated this in his channel on Telegram. The authenticity of the database was confirmed by an employee of one of the car-sharing companies.
The database contains personal data of 129 million car owners, including name, address, passport data and other confidential information. Hackers claim to have received data from the traffic police registry and sell it for cryptocurrency. For the full version of the database, hackers want 0.3 BTC, and for extended information for "exclusive use" - 1.5 BTC.
The database published in the public domain contains only anonymized information, for example, makes and models of cars, as well as the dates of their registration. According to hackers, the full version contains the names of the owners, their addresses, date of birth, passport and contact information.
Stolen personal data is often sold for cryptocurrency. In March, the data of 266,000 clients of the Trident Crypto Fund, including 10,000 Russians, were made public. The leak was due to a vulnerability on the fund’s website.
In addition, in early March, the Digitex cryptocurrency derivatives exchange reported a major leak of data containing e-mail and other information to more than 8,000 customers, and in November, the BitMEX exchange massively leaked user email addresses.