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Updated On: 23 September, 2009 08:37 AM IST | | Shashank Shekhar
Cyber security experts say self-help hacking websites con users for money, data
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Cyber security experts say self-help hacking websites con users for money, data
If you have been planning a little adventure by hacking into a friend's Facebook account through the many self-help websites, hold your horses.
Sites offering to provide knowhow to hack into any Facebook profile for just $100 are actually online frauds being run to steal personal, financial data from unsuspecting users.
According to cyber security experts, payments made to these websites are conducted online through Western Union and end up in Ukraine, which further establishes the idea that most Internet mafias are based in eastern Europe and Russia. The domain that hosts the service is registered in Moscow.
Such websites claim they have been offering the service for several years and include a money-back guarantee as well. However, experts point out that the domains in most cases are not as old as the websites claim them to be.
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