In 2021, the data breaches just keep on coming

If you’ve wondered how hackers have found the virtual keys to your Facebook and financial accounts, security experts say one of the answers to that question is found in data breaches.

“I’m a security person. My information has been leaked in nearly 20 data breaches, by my estimate,” says Christopher Budd, director of threat communications for Avast Antivirus.

Budd says hackers can buy login data for next to nothing.

“There’s so many out there that the cyber criminals can go out, pay a few cents per record – literally – and get information that they can use to turn around and log in,” says Budd.

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