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A recent report from content marketing agency Fractl has found out just how much your data is worth on the dark web.
For the study, Fractl scoured all the fraud-related listings on the three biggest dark web marketplaces -- Dream, Point and Wall Street Market -- last month, according to MarketWatch.
To do this, they downloaded a Tor client, or a network that grants anonymity to internet browsers, which is required in order to access the dark web.
There, they discovered that Facebook logins are sold for just $5.20 each.
Meanwhile, credentials for other popular services like Gmail, Uber and Grubhub are just as cheap.
Your Gmail username and password is a bargain at just $1, while Uber account logins go for $7 and Grubhub logins sell for $9.
By comparison, the most expensive logins are for PayPal, which can demand up to $247, according to Fractl.
Similarly, a separate study by security research firm Top 10 VPN revealed that your entire online identity can be sold for approximately $1,200.
Top 10 VPN also found that Facebook logins would sell for $5.20 on the dark web.
What's perhaps most concerning is that the firm found that extremely sensitive 'proofs of identity' like passports and selfies or utility bills sell for $62 and $29, respectively.
According to Top 10 VPN, criminals can purchase online banking details for just $160, while all of your financial information can sell for $710.
The firm found that hacked financial details were 'by far' the most commonly listed items, with credit cards being the most valuable.
PayPal accounts were also in high demand, Top 10 VPN noted.
Interestingly, they discovered that other popular listings are often referred to as 'fullz.'
'These bundles of “full” identifying information, sometimes are either packaged with financial details or sold separately,' the firm said.
'We found listings featuring individuals’ name, billing address, mother’s maiden name, social security number, date of birth and other personal data.'
The items that garnered the lowest price tag were online dating logins for sites like Match.com or Plenty of Fish.
For the study, Fractl scoured all the fraud-related listings on the three biggest dark web marketplaces -- Dream, Point and Wall Street Market -- last month, according to MarketWatch.
To do this, they downloaded a Tor client, or a network that grants anonymity to internet browsers, which is required in order to access the dark web.
There, they discovered that Facebook logins are sold for just $5.20 each.
Meanwhile, credentials for other popular services like Gmail, Uber and Grubhub are just as cheap.
Your Gmail username and password is a bargain at just $1, while Uber account logins go for $7 and Grubhub logins sell for $9.
By comparison, the most expensive logins are for PayPal, which can demand up to $247, according to Fractl.
Similarly, a separate study by security research firm Top 10 VPN revealed that your entire online identity can be sold for approximately $1,200.
Top 10 VPN also found that Facebook logins would sell for $5.20 on the dark web.
What's perhaps most concerning is that the firm found that extremely sensitive 'proofs of identity' like passports and selfies or utility bills sell for $62 and $29, respectively.
According to Top 10 VPN, criminals can purchase online banking details for just $160, while all of your financial information can sell for $710.
The firm found that hacked financial details were 'by far' the most commonly listed items, with credit cards being the most valuable.
PayPal accounts were also in high demand, Top 10 VPN noted.
Interestingly, they discovered that other popular listings are often referred to as 'fullz.'
'These bundles of “full” identifying information, sometimes are either packaged with financial details or sold separately,' the firm said.
'We found listings featuring individuals’ name, billing address, mother’s maiden name, social security number, date of birth and other personal data.'
The items that garnered the lowest price tag were online dating logins for sites like Match.com or Plenty of Fish.
Having to hack something to play a game... Suffice to say I got it back, all it took was one email to Ubisoft and a few days of waiting. Similarly, I could not access my Guild Wars 2 account, again, it took one clear e-mail to them to get it recovered. I also (yes Im a repeat offender) had my Rockstar (GTA V) account compromised while I was on holiday, again, one email was all it took for them to kick out the offender and recover my account to me.
I have one account where the shelf-life of the 2FA code is just 10 minutes yet, according to the time stamps, their email with the code may take 12 - 15 minutes just to be sent. So even though it typically takes less than 1 minute for me to receive it, it has already expired. When I point it out to them, their "canned" and customer unfriendly reply is, "the preferred method is via text messaging". 
