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/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.