You may have heard there was a recent breach at a major cell phone provider, exposing the personal information of about 40 million people. And what was the public response to this outrage? They yawned.
That hack was just one of thousands of breaches publicly reported in the first six months of 2021, hacks which exposed a total of 18.8 billion records. Most never made it into the evening news. Apparently even criminals are getting bored. Reuters cited a report from Vice saying that the seller had been offering data on 30 million of the mobile phone victims for 6 Bitcoin, or around $270,000. However, later reports suggested that the asking price had slumped, and the entire data cache was being unloaded for just $200.
