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fishfaselltoday at 2:51 AM2 repliesview on HN

So 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.


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3eb7988a1663today at 3:31 AM

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.

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waherntoday at 3:00 AM

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.