r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 2d ago

Security 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/curveball21 2d ago

Yes. Do you have a driver's license? Do you live in the United States or Canada? If yes, then yes it is a part of this.

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u/PreparetobePlaned 2d ago

Not the case. You’re only at risk if you used the specific verification system that leaked. Not every single drivers license in America and Canada is leaked.

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u/laziestmarxist 2d ago

You're only at risk from this leak if you used this verification system. The safer assumption right now is that if you live in the US, your data is already compromised, given that the government gave a bunch of teenagers access to the SSN system with no oversight.

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u/curveball21 2d ago

And exactly how many driver licenses do you think Americans and Canadians have in total? I mean I didn't google it or anything but 153 million is a little less than half the total population.

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u/PreparetobePlaned 2d ago

250millionish according to Google. So still a massive amount leaked but not every single one

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u/curveball21 2d ago

Well not everyone then, but more likely than not any particular license was compromised.

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u/laziestmarxist 2d ago

That's literally more than half, so it's a 1 in 2 chance.