Thousands at risk from credit card fraud website
Thousands of British bank customers are at risk of fraud thanks to a website which offers a “one-stop shop” for anyone to buy credit card details stolen by hackers.
Rescator.cc offers an eBay-style service for hacked financial data. In just half a dozen clicks anyone can purchase a stolen card for as little as £8.Channel 4 News has been in touch with the site’s owners, who not only defended its activities but claimed that the fraudsters who use it are “virtually untraceable”.
In anonymous instant messages the site’s owner told us: “Pay using anonymous payment…. buy dumps [hacker slang for credit card data] from around the world and use it. This is virtually untraceable. We’ve got thousands of feedback on various forums (sic). We don’t need to prove anything to anyone.”