Hacker sells 129 million sensitive records of Russian car owners

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A database with 129 million records of car owners in Moscow is being offered for sale on a dark web forum.
The seller leaked some data for potential buyers to verify its accuracy. This is anonymized and contains all the car details present in the traffic police registry the vendor claims.

Car and owner details on sale

No details on the car owners is available in the public set of 83 files, only the car’s make and model, place of registration, and the date of first and last registration, local media reports.

However, interested parties willing to spend BTC 0.5, about $2,900 at the moment of publishing, can get a full version of the database, which contains full names, addresses, passport numbers, dates of birth, and contact information of the car owners.

An offer for exclusive access is available, for 1.5 bitcoins, which converts to about $14,500 at this moment.
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