Security News > 2020 > May > Criminal forum trading stolen data suffers ironic data breach
According to the security company that verified its authenticity, Cyble, this is data that a specialised group of internet users will find far more interesting - a database of criminal account holders of the now defunct WeLeakData.com breach data trading forum.
Such sites have sprung up in the wake of a tidal wave of public data breaches, giving criminals a one-stop shop for accessing the stuff without having to do unnecessary legwork.
Of course, these sites themselves are vulnerable to the same hazard they trade in - namely having their own account data stolen.
In April, Cyble's suspicions that this was evidence of a data breach was confirmed when it discovered WeLeakData.com had been put up for sale.
Investigating further, this data turned out to contain nuggets such as email addresses of account holders, their usernames, hashed passwords, and IP addresses - pretty much what would be part of any data breach.
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