Apple user data is a popular and expensive commodity on the darknet

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Today, Apple accounts have become a very popular and expensive commodity on the darknet. The minimum price is $ 15, which is significantly more expensive than, for example, an Amazon, Gmail, Facebook or Netflix account.

Study​

VPN service TOP10VPN, conducted a survey on various darknet marketplaces. As a result, he revealed that the most expensive service is an Apple ID account. As a result, you get the username and password for the account, as well as all the passwords from the victim's PayPal (if he has it installed), and the data of all credit and debit cards.

According to the survey, an Apple account costs an average of $ 15.39. However, Facebook accounts cost just over a third of Apple accounts' price of $ 5.20, and Gmail accounts do come in at $ 1. Netflix is priced at $ 8.32 and Spotify at $ 0.21. Amazon accounts are priced at $ 9 and eBay accounts are priced at $ 12.5.

The survey also showed that a functioning PayPal account was reported to cost almost $ 250, an online banking account averaged $ 160, plus copies of the badges were also offered to researchers for an average of $ 62.61.

Thus, $ 1,170.74 should be enough to pay for all types of the most popular services on the darknet, including accounts from various mails, social networks and others. Still looking and at the hotel you will stay for a couple of days.

How do you protect yourself?​

There are many options for accessing an Apple ID, and this is not very pleasant, since Apple not only links an iTunes profile, but also an iCloud account (mail), iCloud cloud storage, Mac Anti-Theft, backup backups, and other information ... However, Google also leverages Gmail's access to various offerings from the Play Store to keep the Android device secure. And this creates a number of vulnerabilities.

The study shows how important it is to protect your Apple ID account, such as enabling 2FA if you haven't already. After all, I hope you know that anyone who has received a backup of your iCloud can see all your photos. notes and contacts? If earlier it was possible to make a second apple device as a "second factor", then the company has improved the system since iOS 9.3, you can also distribute the same six-digit code to all your devices and the iCloud.com account.

If you sync personal information with iCloud and make frequent purchases from the App Store or iTunes Store, be sure to turn on two-factor authentication right now.

Also, you should do the same with the mail to which the account is linked. And think about your passwords.