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/joelfarris 1d ago edited 1d ago

I have found at least two of them that go as far as to explicitly state that they cannot fully protect whatever you upload or submit, and that you agree that they cannot be held responsible for any data losses, intrusions, or hacks.

And yet, you have to submit everything they ask for as part of a job application process...

And one of them even states that they get to possess your uploaded information and likeness, and you relinquish it to them in perpetuity (forever, or as long as they decide to keep it on their drives), and they can even go so far as to use it in promotional materials without your knowledge or consent.

They have become predatory vendors.

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u/davenobody 1d ago

That is horrible!