CREDIT card details of more than a million people have been dumped on the dark web for fraudsters to abuse.
Everything from card numbers and expiration dates, to CVV numbers and addresses were leaked.
A shady credit card marketplace known as BidenCash gave the huge treasure trove of data away for free to promote itself.
In total, it has given away 1,221,551 credit cards, reports Bleeping Computer.
Cards originating from the US were mostly affected, but some from the UK, India, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Spain, Italy, Australia, and China were also detected.
According to experts at Cyble, American Express was the top targeted bank, though others across the globe were hit.
Analysts believe the group obtained the details from so-called “web skimmers”.
These are modified bits of code that are injected into checkout pages of hacked websites, allowing the thieves to take off with sensitive credit card information.
Other details to come from the leak include cardholder numbers, bank names, card types, email address, and even phone numbers and social security numbers for those in the US.
Online credit card shops essentially sell massive loads of credit card data to fraudsters.
BidenCash is pretty new to the scene, having emerged on the Dark Web in April 2022.
Giving away hordes such as this latest stunt appears to be a promotional tool.
Though experts say a stash as big as this is usually a scam in…
