Online credentials are cheaper for US citizens than Europeans on the dark web
How much does it cost to buy your online privacy?
On the dark web, a batch of thousands or even millions of U.S. citizens' personal and business emails cost on average only $9.99, according to the latest study by NordVPN. However, voters' emails are more valuable — this data can be bought for $99.99 per batch.
"The math is a no-brainer here — the access to your accounts does not cost even a penny,” said Gediminas Brencius, head of product at NordPass. “This calculation hints at how invaluable our online data is — we simply give it out to hackers ourselves. Besides experts' warnings, many of us still provide our email addresses to untrusted companies and fail with basic password hygiene: we use weak passwords, forget to change them regularly, and share credentials using insecure channels.”