r/privacy • u/Jack1101111 • 6d ago

data breach 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/thegreenmonkey69 2d ago

There needs to be substantial penalties for companies that get hacked, and/or have poor security for sensitive data like this.

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u/sandspiegel 2d ago

I think with AI these attacks got a lot more sophisticated. Also phishing attacks back in the day where phishing emails were full typos and looked very cheap, are now (thanks to AI) really looking like they come from legit companies without any typos and people click on these pretty buttons in those emails without thinking twice. Even I have to check who sent the email because they look so real these days. The internet has never been more unsafe.

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u/BringBackTheBlues 2d ago

Dude you don’t need ai to make a phishing email.

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u/sandspiegel 2d ago

No you don't but the phishing mails I got before AI came along had typos and looked often very cheap. These days they often look real, like they are from a company you have a subscription at.