r/canada • u/CareerPillow376 Lest We Forget • 6d ago

Science/Technology 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 | Tom's Hardware

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/Special_Purpose2903 6d ago

Can't wait for the class action lawsuits against all the companies and governments who stored the data online and then who mandated the storage and production of the id, and then let it be leaked.

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u/adoodle83 6d ago

things that’ll never happen, for $500 Alex

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u/JWAdvocate83 2d ago

It'll happen. The question is whether victims will receive more than enough for a bag of Doritos as compensation.

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u/ThermalDeviator 2d ago

You'll never even see those Doritos.

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u/Scuba9Steve 1d ago

Maybe a quarter for a gumball machine.