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1.5 million stolen Facebook IDs up for sale | The Industry Standard - InfoWorld

April 23, 2010

1.5 million stolen Facebook IDs up for sale

A hacker named Kirllos is offering to sell the accounts in an underground forum for 2.5 cents per account

By Robert McMillan | IDG News Service

A hacker named Kirllos has a rare deal for anyone who wants to spam, steal, or scam on Facebook: an unprecedented number of user accounts offered at rock-bottom prices.

Researchers at VeriSign's iDefense group recently spotted Kirllos selling Facebook user names and passwords in an underground hacker forum, but what really caught their attention was the volume of credentials he had for sale: 1.5 million accounts.