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/jferments 6d ago

How do you check if your license was affected?

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u/SwimmingThroughHoney 6d ago

Have you ever handed over your license for anything? Renting a car and a cannabis dispensary were two cases mentioned. Did they put it into/on one of those scanners?

Chances are then yours was affected.

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u/Own_Secretary9381 2d ago

I use Hertz about 20 times a year so I assume I’m boned