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\"Info<\/a>The Cyber criminal population is in crisis…according to research from Trend Micro they are making less money for selling stolen information then they were just a few years ago…but their solution is simple….just steal more.<\/p>\n

This is reflected in the recent report of a Russian cyber gang<\/a> that stole billions of passwords from both commercial websites and consumers.<\/p>\n

Now you may think that unless they steal your credit card details you\u2019re safe but Trend Micro warns<\/a> that cyber thieves are very good as using small pieces of stolen information to build up a profile that could eventually help them steal something even more important…your identity.<\/p>\n

Below – The falling price of\u00a0your information means thieves need more<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Service<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

2011 Price<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2012 Price<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2013 Price<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Spamming (per 10,000 messages):\u2022 Generic (uses a public database)\u2022 External-email-database-based\u2022 SMS\u2022 ICQ\u2022 Skype<\/td>\n\n

US$13<\/p>\n

US$17<\/p>\n

US$600<\/p>\n

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US$8<\/p>\n

US$14<\/p>\n

US$300<\/p>\n

US$15<\/p>\n

US$110<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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US$4?5<\/p>\n

US$13<\/p>\n

US$100<\/p>\n

US4?9<\/p>\n

US$86<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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