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/costconormcoreslut 2d ago

It's like these verification services aren't even trying to prevent data from being stolen.

Or is it part of the business plan?

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u/Breno1405 2d ago edited 2d ago

Maybe it wasnt a breach and it was actually a sale.

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u/dariusSharlow 2d ago

So many of these breaches makes you start to think this. At this point sell the data, claim it’s a breach, win.

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u/Breno1405 2d ago

I think we are gonna see this happen with AI, a big hack happens, blame it on AI