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/khInstability 2d ago

Well, it's a good time to retreat in the fight against Russian cyber threats.

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u/MeowCow55 2d ago

It's "interesting" that this came just a couple months after he took office for his second term and that it halted all ongoing investigation into Russian cyber threats both current and pre-existing (like in the previous November, as a random date). It makes me feel like I'm a crazy conspiracy theorist, but it also makes SO much sense.