Simon Smith. eVestigator on A Current Affair regarding $4 hacked Uber Accounts on the Dark Web.
He explains how it is possible that leaked everyday accounts could have easily been hacked and resold via a criminal syndicate within the Dark Web. Simon Smith is a multi-talented Cyber Security Expert and Expert Witness in the subject area. In an investigation, Cyber Private Investigator and Expert Witness Simon Smith found several instances of Uber details being listed for sale on the Dark Web, an encrypted part of the world wide web that is often used for all sorts of illegal activity. Such purposes naturally required a Bitcoin account.
"On the dark web, I was able to find Uber accounts especially, at a premium price of four dollars," Mr Smith said.
"It's a matter of account details, because those account details unlock accounts of all the others - like Google Wallet and PayPal and credit card details. It's almost a trusted key lock that Uber have and once you've got into Uber, you've got into everything else."
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