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To check how information flows on internet, Bitglass which is a popular Data security company floated fake data of some users online.

This entire activity is carried out to know how data travels, where it travels and when.

The famous company told if the credit card details got stolen today then it may takes more than five to six months to know the incident and it would be too late to do anything to sort. Meanwhile the person who hacked your personal information and credentials had used your hard earned money. To curb such issues,  Bitglass comesup with this idea.

The data floated by Bitglass travelled to 22 countries in matter of 12 days.

The data was in form of excel sheets which consisted of thousands of security number,  names, credit card details and addresses. A file tracker was attached to file to get the file trail on internet.  The file tracker provided all locations travelled by file. All places and systems on which files got downloaded.

Company feeded fake data to various forums which were mostly traversed by hackers.

File got mant views in initial days but nobody downloaded it till the time it was posted on some international forum which made picture bigger than expected.

The story srarted from there which concluded to show findings. The data traversed to  Asia, Europe, Africa, South America in just 12 days. The entire route included 22 countries with hundreds of clicks. The data seekers even has Russian and Nigerian crime organisations

Now with this revelation,  users need to take care of their account details with secure passwords. Users need to verify and watch each transaction online with account details.

Review each purchase and study account details every week to ensure your balance is safe.

Keep your bank customer care numbers handy in case of any information regarding cyber thefts.

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