In the article, “All It Takes To Buy A Stolen Password On The Internet Is 55 Cents”, it indicates how simple it is to hijack someone’s entire digital identity. There was a report done by Intel Security Group's McAfee Labs which found an online streaming video that provides login credentials that could be bought for only fifty-five cents. The report investigated the world of buying and selling stolen digital information online. Everything from financial data and online services to a person's entire digital identity can be bought and attained by anyone. These researchers monitored various websites and chat rooms and found out that stolen credit card information is sold for five to eight dollars for a basic U.S. card number and twenty-five to
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This issue with hackers obtaining peoples’ accounts and credit card numbers violates the confidentially principle. I recently learned that achieving the goal of confidentiality means that only appropriately authorized entities can get access to resources. Without the people knowing, hackers are selling their private information to anyone. Also, with the hackers having access to the account, they can change the information, and the potential for extensive financial harm rises dramatically for the victim. This now becomes an integrity problem, because the whole goal of integrity is the prevention of unauthorized alteration of data regardless of accidental or malicious intent. This article caught my eye because very recently, my mother told me that her credit card information had been stolen. She mentioned that her credit card had been declined when she was trying to buy something at a store. She was very confused as to why that happened because she rarely ever uses her credit card; she usually only uses her debit card. So she called her credit card company and they told her that there was a charge for $500 for circus tickets. At the time, I did not realize how easy it is for someone to obtain such private information. After reading this article, I now know that anyone can buy that information if they really wanted to, and many people, like my mother, are potential targets for these crimes. And this does not just apply to bank accounts and credit card information, this could be anything that you have on your computer. Cyber criminals can program viruses that attack your computer. These viruses can delete documents on a computer, or an attacker could pretend to be someone else and obtain information from you over the
This issue with hackers obtaining peoples’ accounts and credit card numbers violates the confidentially principle. I recently learned that achieving the goal of confidentiality means that only appropriately authorized entities can get access to resources. Without the people knowing, hackers are selling their private information to anyone. Also, with the hackers having access to the account, they can change the information, and the potential for extensive financial harm rises dramatically for the victim. This now becomes an integrity problem, because the whole goal of integrity is the prevention of unauthorized alteration of data regardless of accidental or malicious intent. This article caught my eye because very recently, my mother told me that her credit card information had been stolen. She mentioned that her credit card had been declined when she was trying to buy something at a store. She was very confused as to why that happened because she rarely ever uses her credit card; she usually only uses her debit card. So she called her credit card company and they told her that there was a charge for $500 for circus tickets. At the time, I did not realize how easy it is for someone to obtain such private information. After reading this article, I now know that anyone can buy that information if they really wanted to, and many people, like my mother, are potential targets for these crimes. And this does not just apply to bank accounts and credit card information, this could be anything that you have on your computer. Cyber criminals can program viruses that attack your computer. These viruses can delete documents on a computer, or an attacker could pretend to be someone else and obtain information from you over the