For $40, you can buy stolen police and government email accounts - Help Net Security
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Cybercriminals are selling stolen government email accounts on the dark web, enabling impersonation, and access to restricted systems.

Active police and government email accounts are being sold on the dark web for as little as $40, giving cybercriminals a direct line into systems and services that rely on institutional trust. According to new research from Abnormal AI, the accounts come from agencies in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, India, and Brazil, and are being traded on underground forums. Source: Abnormal AI Unlike spoofed or dormant addresses, these accounts are functional and still…

  • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    7 hours ago

    You know previously to this admin, there were a couple programs I knew of where they’d quite knowingly release these accounts then monitor the activity, to stay ahead of the various bad actors. To my knowledge, both programs have been canceled by the trump admin, but those accounts are still very much still around just now they’re totally unmonitored. Wankers.

  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    8 hours ago

    Wait a minute - are they suggesting there’s some sort of - I don’t know, . . downside to having elected the most incompetent and corrupt administration possible?