Security News Crooks push holiday misery with ‘Leaksmas’ release of 50M PII records

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Cybercriminals spilled 50 million stolen consumer records including credit card data and personally identifiable information (PII) in what is being spun by hackers as a 'Free Leaksmas' gift. Criminals posting on underground forums used the “Free Leaksmas” tag to promote the data that included troves of data pilfered from companies and governments representing dozen countries, according to researchers familiar with the cache.

Researchers at Resecurity monitored the activity and, in a Dec. 27 post, described it as cybercriminals displaying “a form of mutual gratitude” as the end of the year approached. “It will inevitably result in [victims] facing a host of adverse effects, such as account takeovers (ATO), business email compromises (BEC), identity theft, and financial fraud.” “The actual damage resulting from this activity could potentially amount to millions of dollars.”
 

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