Please note that these are possibilities on what a hacker does for stolen data does not imply the hacker is going to do it but it’s best to know before you get scam!
What does it mean when your personal information lands in the hands of hackers?
As a certified ethical hacker, the loss of information such as NRIC, Name, Race, DOB, Gender & address can lead to many complications.
When a hacker gets hold of the information, the information is typically sold online to scammers and to all sorts of criminals through illegal websites such as the dark web.
What is the Dark Web?
The dark web is the “dark side of the moon”. It means that it is a location of the internet typically inaccessible by an average internet user. The illegal deals include trading of information such as credit card, bank details and as far as selling guns and even drugs. (Not limited to what I have mentioned)
After the information is sold online, scammers will make use of the information to perform all sorts of scams. Typically, the most common scam is phishing scams.
What is Phishing scam?
Emails/SMS can be sent out to trick you to click malicious links which will lead to viruses or trojans infecting your computer. The trojan could be spyware on your computer and even steal your personal information such as bank login details!
Other kinds of scams could be vishing.
What is Vishing?
I guess most Singaporeans would have experienced the “You have a parcel at custom please pay….”
Or the recent OCBC scam and so on.
This is known as vishing.
Summary
The personal information stolen could be used to convince “make you believe” whatever they are trying to ask you to do or scam your money.
Be careful
Please share with your friends and families