For $40, you can buy stolen police and government email accounts (www.helpnetsecurity.com)
from PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social to cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works on 14 Aug 21:13
https://piefed.social/post/1147564

Active police and government email accounts are being sold on the dark web for as little as $40, giving cybercriminals a direct line into systems and services that rely on institutional trust. According to new research from Abnormal AI, the accounts come from agencies in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, India, and Brazil, and are being traded on underground forums. Source: Abnormal AI Unlike spoofed or dormant addresses, these accounts are functional and still…

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Kolanaki@pawb.social on 14 Aug 21:15 next collapse

Do you guys think $45 is a good investment to take over Donald Trump’s Truth Social account? 🤔

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world on 14 Aug 21:26 next collapse

Wait a minute - are they suggesting there’s some sort of - I don’t know, . . downside to having elected the most incompetent and corrupt administration possible?

Warl0k3@lemmy.world on 14 Aug 22:58 next collapse

You know previously to this admin, there were a couple programs I knew of where they’d quite knowingly release these accounts then monitor the activity, to stay ahead of the various bad actors. To my knowledge, both programs have been canceled by the trump admin, but those accounts are still very much around just now they’re totally unmonitored. Wankers.

magnetosphere@fedia.io on 15 Aug 03:25 next collapse

Whoops.

pastermil@sh.itjust.works on 15 Aug 12:44 collapse

That’s terrible! Where can I find these? Why, so I can avoid them, of course!