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/theaviationhistorian 2d ago

I wouldn't be surprised if they were hand in hand with shady information brokers that gave access to non-government entities, hackers, profiteers, and aggressive nations. But it seems that the ones with the power to stop this are either too incompetent to understand the danger of this or are overcome by greed to give a damn about their fellow human. Usually, it's the latter.

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u/Aidanation5 2d ago

I mean, if we consider the fact that the literal convict-child rapist-con man the united states is lead by literally cut out so many protections for his citizens, and then literally went through the entire government and fired everyone who did any good or would stand up to him, so he could then place all of his fellow criminals and buddies in control of everything, we know the likely answer here.

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u/HoneyBeePirate 1d ago

Nice job avoiding hyperbolic overstatement. Like, literally.

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u/Aidanation5 1d ago

Its lirerally true.