A new type of criminal is combining warehousing and selling stolen data including access credentials and PII that are targeted to specific markets, industries, companies, and purposes. The coming year will see the development of an even more robust dark market for stolen PII and usernames and passwords, according to McAfee Labs 2016 Threat Predictions. Attackers are applying a big data analytics business model to stolen data, increasing its value and the damage it can do. The more data an attacker already has about a user based on the information they purchased from one of these warehouses, the easier it will be for them to find and collect more user data.”]

