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A report has said that bank account details are on sale online for as little as £5 in "cyber-crime supermarkets". Criminals are also believed to be targeting social networking sites, according to a report into online crime. Its also believed that EU identities can sell for more than US ones, as they can be used across the EU. The target of social networking sites is predicted, because the users are believed to be less careful than those using online banking.

According to the Internet Security Threat Report, UK bank details were most advertised on black market forums. The most frequently targeted were the high profile businesses, but he report also found an increase in personal attacks.

In the final half of 2007, the firm saw 50 credit card numbers for sale at "20 and 500 credit card numbers for £100. Full identities were the 3rd most common atem for sale - making up 9% of all advertised goods, compared with 6% in 2007.

It was concluded that identity trading was on the up, and even stolen EBay accounts were now being put up for sale.