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Re:T-Mobile Confirms It Was Hacked by onion2k on Monday August 16, 2021 @05:05PM (#28202967)
Is it possible that one day the market for SSNs and other private data will become so saturated that exfiltrating such data becomes unprofitable?

The revenue isn't 6 BTC. It's 6 BTC * however many people are willing to buy at that price. More suppliers would surely drive the price down, but at this point there are probably tens of thousands of people who'd buy if the data was cheaper, so it'll remain profitable for a long time.

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Re:T-Mobile Confirms It Was Hacked by trimbo on Monday August 16, 2021 @05:07PM (#28202993)
If there's a large enough market, why doesn't someone buy it and then undercut the original seller by selling it for 3 BTC? Or 1? (Or maybe they do?)
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Re:T-Mobile Confirms It Was Hacked by vngzs on Monday August 16, 2021 @05:19PM (#28203134)
The price goes down as a target is in more breaches. If your SSN is previously leaked, it's worth less.
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Re:T-Mobile Confirms It Was Hacked by bbarnett on Monday August 16, 2021 @05:11PM (#28203038)
There will be a licensing agreement, of course.

(Napoleon Dynamite 'Gawd!')

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Re:T-Mobile Confirms It Was Hacked by paulddraper on Monday August 16, 2021 @05:52PM (#28203415)
True. Increased supply offset by increased demand.
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