Rossen Reports: Your private information is for sale on the dark web. Here are the prices
Your personal information is being sold online, with various types of data fetching different prices.
Your driver's license goes for $20. Your coveted Social Security number? Just $1. Your credit card numbers fetch anywhere from $5 to $110, depending on how detailed the data is, like your bank info and security code. Surprisingly, credit cards are worth more than debit cards.
This one is nuts鈥攜our medical records could be worth upwards of $1,000.
Here's how to lower your risk: make sure you're all over your privacy settings, and anytime you're given the option, disable tracking. When you're online, try downloading and using privacy-focused browsers like Brave or DuckDuckGo. They work just like Chrome and the others but use a private internet browser that keeps your search history out of the wrong hands. They also block annoying ads.