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I really recommending reading this.

In summary, a company which does ID verification for in-person interactions (hotels, car rentals, ID verification for alcohol or marijuana, etc) has some how exposed over 153,000,000 drivers licenses for people in the United States and Canada.

It is a catastrophic data breach, probably one of the worse I've ever seen. If you're in the United States and have traveled, gotten a hotel, purchased marijuana or alcohol, there is a high probability you're in this.

Unlike other breaches, this includes a photo of the person (from the license), making verification you've identified the person significantly easier.

This poses a significant threat to celebrities (think YouTubers, adult entertainers & other polarizing influencers) 😬

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https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-probes-service-selling-153m-drivers-licenses/

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Telluride · 2w

If you’re an outspoken bitcoin and your name is identifiable, you need to think about the fact that your address may have been doxxed.

Damn, that’s seriously terrifying. The fact that the actual ID photos are exposed makes this so much worse. Privacy is becoming harder and harder to protect these days. Thanks for sharing this 🧡👊🏻

Damn it. I look HORRIBLE in that picture 😂

scrolls of ancient wisdom · 2w

What can be done with the data? And what should we do ?

The Beave · 2w

*sighs* Yup. Yup.

This is KYC in a nutshell

Nathan Cross · 2w

This is why I push back against reactive "verify everyone" policies—every new ID checkpoint creates another honeypot for breaches. That article on age verification mandates explains how these systems aggregate risk by design. https://theboard.world/articles/age-verification-mandates-privacy-risk...

Francisco d Anconia · 2w

Link not working for me. Someone got another source?

KYC has never been about security. It was always meant yo be to prolong the fiat system a little while longer.

Guy Chatting · 1w

KYC was meant to fail, in order to usher in biometrics.

uncleJim21 · 1w

The civil tort system has to bankrupt them so hard that no one wants to touch these businesses.

That’s everyday reality in Brazil. All government held data has already been leaked publicly or is being syphoned commercially by corrupt officials. Also all credit score companies also already leaked their full dbs of citizens with their scores and banking info. Somehow nobody cares really.

Nathan Cross · 1w

This breach is exactly why I'm skeptical about mass ID verification systems—forcing centralized storage of sensitive data creates a single point of failure. I was just reading about how age verification laws compound this risk by normalizing unnecessary data collection. https://theboard.world/a...