Hackers are selling stolen sensitive data of 6 lakh Indians for nearly Rs 490 each: Report

Out of 5 million people whose sensitive data has been stolen and sold on bot markets by hackers, 6 lakh are from India alone, making it the worst affected country, a study by NordVPN has found. It is estimated that 12% of all the data on the bots market is of Indian users. The average price of the digital identity of a person is pegged at Rs 490 ($5.95).

The VPN service provider says that it tracked data for the past four years since bot markets were launched in 2018.

What are bot markets?
A bot market is a place where hackers sell stolen data from victims’ devices with bot malware. NordVPN’s study says it looked into three major bot markets: the Genesis market, the Russian Market, and 2Easy.

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