FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses – Krebs on Security
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From the article:

“it appears to be siphoning images collected by a widely-used identity verification company based in Louisiana.”

Worth noting that 5 US states (e.g. Florida) have stopped issuing standard drivers licenses and effectively force their residents to obtain a “Real ID” which includes additional data – which of course makes more sensitive data available to cybercriminals.

(edit) BTW, would be useful to have a free-world venue for posts just about data breaches. Proposal here.

  • moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.comEnglish
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    2 days ago

    the timestamp on my license scan corresponds to a date in June 2025 when I took a flight to the midwest United States to attend a family funeral

    Jesus fuck. I guess that’s something you can’t opt out of? I want to know who took that photo: the airline or TSA.

    Edit:

    first, I thought the source of the data might have something to do with airports. However, that theory went out the window when it became apparent there were no passports in this data set
    …
    from reviewing car rental records shared by several people…

    Yeah, that makes more sense