7 things you can hire a hacker to do and how much it will (generally) cost

August 2024 ยท 1 minute read

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1. Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack: $5 - $25 per hour

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2. Online bank heist: $40 and up

To hack a US-based account and steal $1,000, for example, you would have to pay a hacker around $40, and accounts with smaller balances actually result in higher fees, according to the report.

3. Rewards points transfer: $10 to $450

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4. Infiltrate Instagram: $129

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5. Hijack corporate email: $500 and up

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6. Break into a cell phone: $21.60/month or more

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7. Hack into Facebook with permission, for rewards of up to $40,000

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