Threat actors are selling a database containing 50 million records of Moscow drivers on an underground forum for only $800.
- The data appears to be accurate and contains records collected between 2006 and 2019.
- Some experts believe the hackers exfiltrated the data by exploiting a vulnerability in the system's software, while others are certain an insider caused the leak.
Threat actors are selling a database containing 50 million records of Moscow drivers on an underground forum for only $800.
According to Russian media outlets that purchased the database, the data seems to be valid and contains records collected between 2006 and 2019.
Kommersant speculates that the data was obtained by hacking into the level of regional information systems.
The database contains the following details on Moscow car owners:
- Full names
- Dates of birth
- Phone numbers
- VIN codes
- License plate numbers
- Car brand and model
- Car year of registration
“Judging by the composition of the data, the new database of car owners is not an unloading from the traffic police system, but rather an unloading from the databases of insurers, the founder of the DLBI data leak intelligence and darknet monitoring service Ashot Hovhannisyan believes,” reads the post.
Ashot Hovhannisyan says that the data could be stolen from the insurance companies and their contractors to whom the bases are transferred for “ringing”.
The availability of this data allows the threat actors to conduct targeted phishing campaigns against exposed individuals.
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