This is how much a stolen Gmail account is worth

Cyber attacks have been on the rise over the past year amid the coronavirus pandemic.

With more people staying home, cyber attacks have been on the rise over the past year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Hackers have preyed on the work-from-home community, lodging small-scaled attacks that target the every day to worker, to larger ones — like SolarWinds in December —targeted password managers with ties to the US government.

Forty-nine percent of people have fallen for phishing scams while working remotely in the past year, according to recent research by Deloitte. More than half a million people globally were affected by breaches on video conferencing surveys between a a four-month stretch in 2020.

The blame for these attacks can be pointed in many direction, but perhaps the biggest culprit is workers have let their guard down when it comes to browsing at home compared to safer networks at work.

With so much other distractions going on in the past year, the rise in cyber attacks has been one of the worst years to date — but have you’ve ever wondered where all that information goes, and how it’s used?

Privacy Affairs, a website specializing in data privacy and cybersecurity, recently updated its Dark Web price index for 2021, which basically lists out every thing that could potentially be stolen in a cyber attack. Netflix account information? $44. LinkedIn company pages? $12. Taking a selfie with your ID? $100.

Here’s a brief rundown of what your information is worth were it to be stolen by hackers.

Your credit card isn’t that pricey

If your credit card was hacked including details with CVV, it would fetch an average price of $17 on the dark web, according to the report.

A hacked PayPal account with no balance can be flipped for $14, but details of the amount — were it to have a minimum of $100 — can be sold for twice as much at $30.

A cloned Mastercard with PIN averages around $25, while a hacked Coinbase verified account could net around $610.

My Gmail account is worth what?

Using the same old Gmail password to the past 10 years only to wake up one day and be locked out of your account? That’s because someone is selling it for nearly $100 on the dark web.

A hacked Gmail account averages for $80, according to the report.
The most expensive social media account is a Facebook account, which will fetch for $65; a hacked Instagram account sells for $45; Twitter for a cool $35.

Home and entertainment gets pricey

It’s always best to not share your passwords around even if a friend wanted to catch up on a show on Netflix.

A hacked Netflix account — a basically 1-year subscription — could sell for $44 on the dark web. Others services like Hulu ($5), HBO ($4), and NBA League Pass ($8) also have value, according to the study.

If you’re a superseder on eBay and have an account with good reputation (1,000+ feedback), a stolen account is worth around $1,000.