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When it comes to the hidden corners of the internet, few places are as infamous as the darknet and deep web. They are sometimes misunderstood and often misrepresented. While they have legitimate uses, they have also gained notoriety for harboring a thriving trade in illicit goods, including stolen credit card details.

To clarify, the deep web refers to parts of the internet that are not indexed by traditional search engines, which could include your email inbox or the back-end databases of private companies. The darknet, a subset of the deep web, is where websites operate anonymously and can only be accessed with specific software like Tor, ensuring transactions and identities are hard to trace. This privacy and anonymity have unfortunately made the darknet a hub for illicit activities, including the trade in stolen credit card information.

The cybercriminals' modus operandi is straightforward. They gain unauthorized access to a victim's credit card details through methods like phishing, malware, or skimming, and then sell these details on darknet marketplaces. Once sold, these details can be used for unauthorized transactions, identity theft, and other fraudulent activities.

According to Cybersecurity Ventures, cybercrime, including credit card fraud, is predicted to cause damages worth $10.5 trillion annually by 2025, up from $3 trillion in 2015 [1]. While it's difficult to separate out the impact of credit card fraud alone, this stark increase underlines the severity of the problem.

An analysis by Privacy Affairs found that as of 2021, the price for stolen credit card details on the darknet ranged from $12 to $20 per card, depending on the card's region, brand, and other factors [2]. In essence, a criminal can steal someone's financial identity for less than the price of a meal.

Though it's challenging to quantify the exact number of stolen credit cards traded in the darknet, a 2019 study by Sixgill, a cybersecurity firm, revealed that nearly 23 million credit card numbers were being sold on the darknet [3]. This alarming figure only represents the cards that were detected.

There are two types of credit cards that can be tracked in Kaduu:

a) Free Cards: Credit cards, which are offered for free on the Dark- and Deepweb. Although millions of credit cards are indexed in the Kaduu logs, it can be assumed that the data is rather outdated. It is unusual for functioning credit cards to be offered for free. This type of credit cards can be found in the database search in the Control Center app. b) Paid Cards: Credit cards that are offered for sale on the dark and deep web. This type of credit card is offered like a commercial good. Mostly, they are functional cards for which you have to pay a certain down payment.

We try to collect mainly freely available credit card log dumps. Those dumps might not have the very latest card data which are ususally sold for a high price, but still can help owners identify if their card was affected by a leak in the past. Occiasionally we also buy dumps and make them available in elastic search DB from kaduu.

The cost of buying stolen credit card information on the darknet varies depending on a number of factors, including the type of card, the card's issuing country, and the amount of information that is included with the card.

Typically, a single credit card number, known as a "dumps," can be sold for a few dollars. A "dumps" is the information on the magnetic strip of a credit card, which can be used to make fraudulent purchases in-store.

On the other hand, a full package of information for a credit card, known as "fullz," which includes the cardholder's name, address, date of birth, social security number and other personal information, can be sold for $10-$50. These fullz are used to make fraudulent purchases online, open bank accounts, apply for loans, and for other financial frauds.

It is important to note that these prices are just an estimate and the cost may vary depending on the source and the quantity of data available. It's also worth noting that the prices are subject to change over time, and the prices may be different based on the location and the vendor.

The credit card data published here comes from leaks that have already been published on the darknet. New cards are added continuously. The database is updated weekly or daily for major leaks. You find the Credit Card Search in the expert mode only:

On this page you can search in a database of indexed credit card leaks. Credit cards are displayed in masked form and when you are searching the database. You may search using first 6 and last 4 digits and replace all middle digits with "X" - thus you will not expose your credit card number to the system. Otherwise, the number gets hashed with SHA-256 algorithm before being sent to our server.

Please note that there are specifc search operators you have to use to get to the data. If you just look for the name "john" you will find 0 results:

If you search for owner:john you get more than 5000 results:

You can also look for owner:john doe, which looks for John OR Doe:

If you want only "John Doe" as an exact match, you have to search for owner:"john doe"

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