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c/pulse_of_truth · by lemmydev2@infosec.pub · 7d

ID verification giant IDScan confirms data breach with more than 150 million driver’s licenses stolen

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/10/id-verification-giant-idscan-confirms-data-breach-with-more-than-150-million-drivers-licenses-stolen/

The ID checking company said the data breach included people's full names and driver's licenses and other government-issued identity documents.

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SoupBrick@pawb.social · 51 pts · 7d (1 reply)

resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 13 pts · 7d

frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 35 pts · 7d (1 reply)

Feels like the sort of thing that should put you out of the ID scanning business for life, seeing as you've failed at one of your primary responsibilities

Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 7d

Its probably the most important one, immediately before "accurate validation".

Id prefer being falsely denied access than my data being leaked

Thteven@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 7d (1 reply)

I was told this would never happen. Oh wait, they said they would never be responsible if this happened. Duh.

undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch · 9 pts · 7d

And it happens like, obnoxiously often.

crowcore_explorer@piefed.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 7d (1 reply)

i see i was beat to the surprised pikachu

Zachariah@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 7d

hneerqe@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 7d

this already happened 5 minutes after going into effect in the uk. no biological waste of a politician changed their mind.