The unspeakable joys of the cracker black-market

Link: How Does The Hacker Economy Work? - News by InformationWeek.

"Moving money around can be dangerous for hackers, since transactions over $10,000 must be reported by banks and wire transactions can be easy to track. Georgia Tech's Dagon says large transactions can be split up, with some in the hacker gang taking payment in plasma TVs, large numbers of compromised iTunes accounts, World of Warcraft credentials, and even access to compromised routers."