Stolen credit card details available for £1 each online

Guardian finds batch of 100 stolen cards on sale for 98 on 'dark web' amid heightened fears about identity theft in wake of TalkTalk hack

UK credit card details are on sale for as little 1 each online, the Guardian has learned, as fears rise over the security of personal data in the wake of the TalkTalk cyber-attack.

More than 600,000 individuals had their personal details stolen from UK companies in 2014, according to the Financial Times, underlining the scale of online crime in this country. It is likely that some of that data will have ended up on a website used by criminals wanting to buy high-end UK credit card data.