No Names: Inside the Fake Identity Racket

Want to buy enough information about a stranger’s credit card to steal their money? All it takes is one email and a transfer of funds through Western Union. The Herald found it was remarkably easy to unearth the online locations where hackers conduct a global trade in stolen credit card information. If you want the data from a standard Australian credit card, it will cost you just $US1.50 ($1.80). Rather rob from a gold card holder? That’ll be $2.50, thanks