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Compromised US Academic Credentials Identified Across Various Public and Dark Web Forums

Posted on May 28, 2022 by Dissent

The FBI has issued a private industry notification about the sale of credentials and access to universities on dark web and clear net forums.  They write, in part:

The FBI has observed incidents of stolen higher education credential information posted on publically accessible online forums or listed for sale on criminal marketplaces. The exposure of usernames and passwords can lead to brute force credential stuffing computer network attacks, whereby attackers attempt logins across various internet sites or exploit them for subsequent cyber attacks as criminal actors take advantage of users recycling the same credentials across multiple accounts, internet sites, and services. If attackers are successful in compromising a victim account, they may attempt to drain the account of stored value, leverage or re-sell credit card numbers and other personally identifiable information, submit fraudulent transactions, exploit for other criminal activity against the account holder, or use for subsequent attacks against affiliated organizations

Access the full notification, which contains some recent examples, on   ic3.gov.

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