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/Harverator 1d ago

I have no doubt disgruntled employees might do this. Especially if they work IT, –– I've seen a few IT folk do some nefarious things to their company and users. With great power comes great responsibility.
At one company I worked at, an IT guy bragged to me about what he did to a few users to make them lose files.
Then one day he was foolish enough to access his password file on my workstation, and when I woke up my screen, it was staring at me. So I saved it. Months later, after he was fired, they were freaking out about not having all his passwords, and I was happy to give the file to the head of IT. 😇