Source: BBC News
Imagine a website where criminals buy and sell other people's credit card numbers.
A few clicks in Google and that site is a reality. Anyone can join. Anyone can attempt to use the card numbers posted there. And the authorities appear powerless to act.
A BBC investigation has uncovered growing levels of credit card crime committed on the internet. Typically hackers get into the databases of online retailers, stealing the card numbers held on their servers. The card details are then offered for sale to the highest bidder - either on web forums or via Internet Relay Chat.
