Facebook logins are being sold on the dark web for just $3.90 each, a shocking report has revealed.
Email logins sell for as little as $2.70 each, according to experts who analyzed the value of 26 commonly used accounts.
They found the majority of someone’s online life could be available for just $970, which includes all usernames, passwords and email addresses.
The best way to protect these details is by using multiple verifications, the report found.
The news comes just days after Facebook discovered a massive security breach affecting 50 million user accounts – including those of Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg.
The social media giant said attackers exploited the site’s ‘View As’ feature, which lets people see what their profiles look like to other users.
According to a blog post by Cheshire-based firm Money Guru, which carried out the research, these details are frequently stolen to sell to companies with want to do targeted advertising.
‘There are few better ways to gain insight into someone’s life than their social media accounts’, researchers wrote.
