Recently, a team from Singapore-based Group IB Security Institute has acquired a large database of credit and debit card details on the dark web. Data dubbed as 'INDIA-MIX-NEW-01' released two versions of which - Track-1 and Track-2. These include identity-related to payment of more than 13 lakh users. According to the same information, it has also come to light that preliminary investigation has revealed that the most important track-2 data has been stolen. Which was in the magnetic strip on the back of the card. In which the information about the customer profile and transaction is kept. Track-1 data only contains card numbers, which is normal. 98 percent of the total accounts are from Indian banks and the rest are from Colombian financial institutions.
According to the same screen-shot shared by Singapore Group IB, each card is being sold for $ 100 (about Rs 7,092) and, in total, it is worth over $ 130 million (about Rs 921.99 crore), making it so far Has become the most valuable financial identity put on the dark web for sale. Experts from Jahn Group-IB have said that, a dark web site called Joker Stash has collected over 1.3 million credit and debit card data from India. Researchers came to know of it on 28 October 2019, as previously reported by ZDNet. According to experts, it is the largest and the most valuable database uploaded till date on the dark web.
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