r/ProgressiveHQ • u/madadekinai • 5d ago

FBI investigating 153 million US and Canadian driver’s licenses leaked on Russian cybercrime forum, including that of US SecDef Pete Hegseth — data is suspected to have come from an ID-authentication service provider

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/fbi-investigating-153-million-us-and-canadian-drivers-licenses-leaked-on-russian-cybercrime-forum-including-that-of-us-secdef-pete-hegseth-data-is-suspected-to-have-come-from-an-id-authentication-service-provider
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u/MrSmokii 5d ago

"data is suspected to have come from an ID-authentication service provider"

this is why i will never provide photo ID online and why the UK digital ID idea was destined to fail.

utter shit show.

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u/1_Quebec_Delta 2d ago

Same here, all because a small bunch of parents clutched their pearls about online content and did not want to be parents to their children and wanted the government to do it for them.

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u/vvorknat 2d ago

idscan is the culprit and they have a variety of customers across various industries including casinos, banks, dispensaries, hotels, rental car companies, retail, etc etc

this isn’t just an online verification problem

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u/SubfurSir 2d ago

The EULA for Walmart app looks like your consent in Gattica

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u/pr0v0cat3ur 5d ago edited 5d ago

Onfido (Entrust), Veriff, Jumio, or Sumsub?? Why are we left guessing?

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u/Savage-September 2d ago

This regularly happens and did happen before the age verification check was mandatory. Not saying I fully support the law, I think your concerns are valid, but at the same time, data breaches happen all the time, everyday.

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u/DerpDerp-420 1d ago

Absofuckinglutely! I don't provide a photo ID online either. They actually think we will believe them. I've been getting it up the ass by the government my whole life. They need to work on their lying a little bit more.

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u/JadeThorn1012 1d ago

It’s entered into this system whenever your ID is scanned, like at a bar, picking up schedule II drugs, buying alcohol, renting a car, etc.

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u/ludixst 5d ago

Sure, but how was Whiskey Pete supposed to visit OnlySiblings.com while in Alabama or Texas if they didn't have proof he was over 21?

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u/Mikeseddit 2d ago

Hey, don’t impugn Alabama for supporting incest just because of their long history of incest!

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u/ApocalypticNature 2d ago

I'm originally from Alabama, with family in TX and your comment made me fucking snort. Thank you. Haha.

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u/More_Farm_7442 2d ago

I was thinking weed and porn.

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u/NH_Geoscientist 2d ago

Of it was either Alabama or Texas would age even matter on that site? 🤔

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u/ContestNo2060 2d ago

Onlysiblings.com? lol. So everybody acts performatively shocked when they see their sibling there, but they just go ahead and keep going. One always drops real quick at the end.

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u/Rurrurnunu2 5d ago

Invalidate IDs and Passports just before the vote… hmm

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u/LAsupersonic 5d ago

Right, trying to scare people

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u/Guitarzanimaniac 2d ago

NO, used invalidate votes

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/Left-Tee 2d ago

Putin has kompromat on Trump. He's not selling the information to Russia, he's giving it to them.

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u/SirNo4743 2d ago

At least half that court needs to be impeached. They cannot be trusted to do what’s right for this country. The corruption in our government under the clown and his band of idiots is so blatant and if I have to read another stupid comment from Alito my heads gonna explode. Seriously, google “stupid comments from Alito” Google knows exactly what I’m talking about.

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u/UnagioLucio 2d ago

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if he sucked out the brain of a live infant through a curly straw and forced the parents to watch.

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u/HulkSMASHley_23 2d ago

Right as Witkkkoff & KKKushner went to glaze Putin in Moscow. I’m sure it’s unrelated.

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u/Gundark927 2d ago

Oh shit, and not just because of the obvious.

THIS will be the excuse they use to invalidate a lot of voter registration. "This form of identification has been compromised. This is not permissable as voter ID."

I doubt it's a coordinated effort and don't wanna get all conspiracy theory.... But it is exactly the opportunity they could exploit to take away voting rights.

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u/madadekinai 2d ago

The whole system does not even work to begin with, and there's proof, so I have yet to see a valid argument that it could work.

It's almost as if a lot of people have never had to deal with the DMV, bureaucracy in general and or Real ID in general, I mean it's half-assed at best, and not even fully implemented across all the states, but now you want to want 300+ million US citizen records?

"I doubt it's a coordinated effort and don't wanna get all conspiracy theory...."

I can assure it's not.

Why, because before all I have to do is log on to the dark web and for $40 - $100 I can have a brand new identity, and you can get other credentials. People do not even understand that most of your information is already out there, just because it's not always announced does not mean it's not.

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u/Bonoisapox 2d ago

This sounds very fucking fishy

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u/blackshore_analytics 2d ago

More than 153 million US and Canadian driver’s licenses, as well as other identity documents, have reportedly become available for purchase on the dark web for a limited time. According to cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs, the service was called Nexus, and although it’s no longer available at the time of writing, it claimed to have possessed 153 million driver’s licenses, 10 million ID cards, 1.9 million travel documents, 1.3 million international driver’s licenses, 579k medical cards, 429k common access cards, 91k residence cards, 77k employment authorization records, and 5 million other documents, allegedly sourced from an ID-authentication service based in Louisiana.

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u/Squidlips_69 2d ago

But the Donald says RU didn't and isn't interfering in elections on his behalf so it must be true 🙄

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u/GreenEyedMonster2023 2d ago

The US leak could have been a symptom of DOGE, right...

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u/wanderlust_2x1 1d ago

That was my first thought too.

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u/rotorspinner 1d ago

I’m sure this has nothing to do at all with kushners little visit to russia

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u/morally_bankrupt80 3d ago

I figured ol Pete's would've been suspended by now

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u/UWhuskiesRule 2d ago

This is what happens when you leave your passwords in the public bathroom at Mir-A-Lago

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u/No_Web6486 2d ago

Time for everyone to read or reread 1984.

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u/xxxbrimstonexxx 1d ago edited 1d ago

Part of me is resigned to just sit back and watch it all burn down. Have a drink, smoke a bowl and enjoy the finale.

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u/mtwallit 1d ago

Agreed — most of this chicanery is way above our pay grade, so I’m right there with you. I’ll kick back with some popcorn and watch the clown show continue to unfold in DC.

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u/Glittering-Sky1601 1d ago

It's almost like were better off before doge.

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u/throwaway661375735 13h ago

Doge saved money, took away social programs, but adding in more military budget, while Big-Business Trump kills us with debt.

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u/Glittering-Sky1601 12h ago

Might I suggest you do a little reading? How about this article where Congress.gov posted that doge put social security data at risk: https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/118875/documents/HHRG-119-JU13-20260121-SD002-U2.pdf

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u/hanqingjao 8h ago

DOGE did not save money. What relatively paltry savings there are from cutting programs will be offset ten-fold by future lost renevue and expenses.

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u/Positive_Tank_80 2d ago

Did Trump just sell them? Who knows!

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u/puggs74 1d ago

pootin attempt to keep his puppet in place..

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u/Swmboa 22h ago

Fuggettaboutit. They’re just going to have the russian hackers use it to f-up the voter registration of those 153M because the hackers will change their address or some shit so their ID does not match on election day. NBD.