The small purchase test

The small purchase test

4 years ago
Anonymous $9ruWwTnhZq

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/credit-card-data-exposed-online-is-tested-within-2-hours/

Be it fake or real, payment card data does not survive untouched for long on the web, a recent experiment showed. The bad guys are testing everything they find on the internet, just to make sure they don't miss an opportunity to cash in.

From the moment it landed on several paste sites, it took two hours for data from a Visa card to be used for a micro-transaction, just to check it's validity.