On January 3rd, 2020, a member of an online forum that caters to cybercrime posted an unusual message offering a spreadsheet containing details of 10,000 American Express cardholders for free, as reported by Bleeping Computer. The data appeared to contain the card number, name, birthdate, address, and phone numbers of cardholders in Mexico. Still, it did not include the card expiration dates, CVV numbers, or data from magnetic stripe tracks necessary for criminals to make fraudulent purchases with the card data. The threat actor who posted the spreadsheet stated, “I do not sell private data such as password, card information, id number. With the data I sell or share, you are only exposed to spam or marketing :)”
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