FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
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FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
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Re: FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
#2So an online identity verification service had millions of IDs exfiltrated, many of which were linked to marijuana dispensaries? Oh man, my ID is definitely out there, shit.
Re: FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
#3As always, friendly reminder to lock your credit and enable your mobile carrier's protections against SIM swapping
Re: FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
#4As always, friendly reminder to lock your credit and enable your mobile carrier's protections against SIM swapping
Excellent advice. A compromised phone number is an absolute nightmare, most MFAs default to SMS as a last resort. I lost my Okta verify login at work since I transferred phones, thought I'd need a ticket with our ID team but turns out my phone number is sufficient. Wasn't thrilled about that.
Re: FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
#5I don’t know why the government allows websites and these craps to collect sensitive information like driver’s licenses and Social Security numbers. They could simply provide an API that allows websites to verify someone’s identity using a zero-trust approach without exposing the actual documents.
Re: FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
#6So an online identity verification service had millions of IDs exfiltrated, many of which were linked to marijuana dispensaries? Oh man, my ID is definitely out there, shit.
Your ID and PII was likely already on the black market, the only question is accessibility and price. You can't exactly advertise on Reddit or sell to every two-bit identity thief and not expect heat.
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#7So they want to see my driver's license "to make the world safer" when in reality all they do is facilitating mass fraud. When the fuck will those brainless infusoria will get punished 9fat chance).
Re: FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
#8I don’t know why the government allows websites and these craps to collect sensitive information like driver’s licenses and Social Security numbers. They could simply provide an API that allows websites to verify someone’s identity using a zero-trust approach without exposing the actual documents.
You've already answered your own question. They don't provide an API with zero trust. Many services are legally required to collect the information anyway. Telehealth billing through insurance, for example, require it for the old "red flag rule" intended to prevent insurance and Medicaid fraud.
So, these providers all do the only thing they can short of going out of business: they use third party providers of identity verification.
Re: FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
#9So an online identity verification service had millions of IDs exfiltrated, many of which were linked to marijuana dispensaries? Oh man, my ID is definitely out there, shit.
153 million puts them at roughly 1/2 of all Americans.
Naturally these "identity verification" companies are a joke that have no security and gladly piss our PII into the wind without taking the job seriously.
Re: FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
#10So an online identity verification service had millions of IDs exfiltrated, many of which were linked to marijuana dispensaries? Oh man, my ID is definitely out there, shit.
153 million puts them at roughly 1/2 of all Americans. Naturally these "identity verification" companies are a joke that have no security and gladly piss our PII into the wind without taking the job seriously.
I had two active Clear subscriptions at the same time. How did an identity verification company not know both accounts were the same person? They were both using the same credit card!
What does an "identity verification" company even do?