Ever wondered how much your stolen data is actually worth? Not to you, but in cold hard cash to the criminals who are buying it? The answer, according to the latest research of dark web marketplace pricing, would appear to be not a lot – and would be in cryptocurrency, not cash. This appears especially true if you’re from the US or the UK.
The dark web, the part of the internet that’s invisible to your average user and mainstream search engines, is home to many criminal marketplaces. Accessible through a Tor (The Onion Router) browser, these occasionally make the news when they get taken down by law enforcement. In January 2021, for example, the world’s largest such marketplace, DarkMarket, was taken offline following an operation that included the FBI,…