One billion identity records exposed in unsecured ID verification database | Biometric Update (www.biometricupdate.com)
from anthony@lemmy.canthonyscott.io to privacy@lemmy.ml on 23 Feb 03:24
https://lemmy.canthonyscott.io/post/2044

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mrnobody@reddthat.com on 23 Feb 03:46 next collapse

Lol JFC what a joke this shit is… Yet, Zuck is pushing for everyone to use age verification online now because “if social media is addicting it should be regulated like a drug” Almost as if they planned this as a fallback when people finally fought back to the shit these tech giants do

Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org on 23 Feb 12:51 next collapse

Rookie numbers! Let’s have “”“age”“”-verification globally and drive those numbers way up!

unknowablenight@piefed.social on 23 Feb 15:38 collapse

No more privacy! Everyone knows everything about everyone everywhere! Woooo!

Armand1@lemmy.world on 23 Feb 12:58 next collapse

The source for this article is another article, which tbh is a better article:

cybernews.com/…/global-data-leak-exposes-billion-…

That article does not itself have a source link, but it does show some redacted sample data and a breakdown of what countries are affected.

<img alt="map of affected regions" src="https://media.cybernews.com/images/1500w/2026/02/idmerit-leak-global-map.png">

unknowablenight@piefed.social on 23 Feb 15:38 next collapse

Who could have seen that coming?

Dogiedog64@lemmy.world on 23 Feb 17:35 collapse

Seeing reports that this breach was faked for extortion. Proceed with caution.