How Much Is Your Gmail Account Worth to a Hacker?
A new tool, released by security researchers at the University of Illinois, will walk through your Gmail account to see how much it would be worth to hackers.
A new tool, released by security researchers at the University of Illinois, will walk through your Gmail account to see how much it would be worth to hackers.
This writer’s account would go for $28.60, the tool found. But the high price is nothing to be proud of. It’s evidence of emails in the account that could help the hacker gain access to other accounts around the Web. E-commerce accounts such as one on Amazon ($15) and one for the App Store ($8) were the most valuable items.
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