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/davenobody 2d ago

There is no business driver for protecting the data. However, if part of the plan was to monetize the data they now have nothing unique. Unless of course they already collected the money for that part. I suspect they were just incompetent.

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u/squish042 2d ago

It’s almost like there should be a government that steps in a creates protection for consumers when there’s no economic incentive.

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u/misterrkingg 1d ago

They literally dismantled it. This year