Over 31,000 payment cards leaked to the dark web in Morocco
More than 31,000 payment card details from Morocco have been leaked and are now available on the dark web, according to multinational cybersecurity company Cypherleak. The company provides an automated cyber risk monitoring and rating platform.
In a post shared last week on its LinkedIn account, Cypherleak revealed its findings: a total of 31,220 leaked payment cards from Morocco were detected.
The company reported that 21,657 cards were leaked with Card Verification Value (CVV) information, a three- or four-digit security code used as an extra layer of protection for online and card-not-present transactions. Additionally, 19,453 cards included expiration dates, while 5,523 of the leaked cards are still valid, posing a direct risk of financial fraud.
A graph accompanying the post presents an analysis of the leaked payment card data in Morocco, with a focus on the number of compromised cards per bank (bank names were anonymized).
«The data was collected from dark web sources», Cypherleak stated.
Cypherleak urged individuals and Moroccan financial institutions to reach out for details on whether their bank's payment cards have been affected.
Founded in 2022, Cypherleak is headquartered in Newark, Delaware, with additional offices in the United Arab Emirates and Morocco.
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