Valid Credit Cards Leaked On Web

Credit cards reached the web. The folks at SpywareGuide wrote that details about approximately 150 credit cards were published on a Warez forum along with all the information a fraudster would need to use the money. The weird aspect of the leakage was that the credit cards were posted by an unexperienced carder, as he posted all sorts of details about him. "The big giveaway is that he happily posted all this information with a huge photgraph of himself for a signature picture and his location listed under his forum avatar."

The information posted on the forum included addresses, phone numbers, PIN numbers and obviously, the names of the owners, SpywareGuide wrote in a blog post published a few days ago. Most credit card owners live in the United States, but they couldn't be contacted to be informed about the fraud.

"We tried to contact some of the victims to let them know to cancel their cards (as far as we could see, all cards are valid until at least next year) but so far, we've had no success," the blog post published on the main page of SpywareGuide reads.

After some research, an email posted on the forum lead to a website full with stolen credit cards details. "The Email address took us to a pro carding forum - apparently offline now - where someone was offering up a small sample of private data, with a purchase price of $30,000 to 50,000 dollars for "UK and US bank logins", the same source mentioned above added.

As usual, stolen credit card information is quickly posted on the web although this new pack can be accessed by anyone. Usually, the carders choose to sell the credit cards in larger packs, offering special prices and bonuses, just like any other online shop. For example, a recent research revealed that approximately 100 stolen credit cards could be bought for $1 each.