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> The sensitive data was comprised of driver license numbers in more than 95% of cases. A small number of records included additional data like dates of birth,

> The sensitive data was comprised of driver license numbers in more than 95% of cases. A small number of records included additional data like dates of birth, Social Security numbers and account numbers. Wow so only that. My gosh, why is that information in a 3rd party vendor's db at all?!

vmception 5y ago
New Fullz (real people's IDs) for sale. Finally a way to cash out your illicitly earned crypto. Make a new Coinbase account in someone else's name, and a new brokerage account in their name too. They'll never know! Access via remote desktop from a compromised computer near their zip code, check the markets those are everywhere too! That person will never know either! You can buy your favorite penny stock with the funds in their name and be seen as a having a good trading year in your own real identity and clean funds. Not advocating anything, this is what happens all day every day.
- garyfirestorm 5y ago
  For you to cash out your crypto wouldn’t you need to transfer it to your account? Isn’t that enough for IRS to knock on your door?
  - vmception 5y ago
    you missed the part where you make another account in someone else's name because you had bought their ID the IRS and DOJ will go knocking on their door and parade them around, writing "no matter what assets you trade, you can't hide and our financial system is immune from illicit funds"
    - jacquesm 5y ago
      exactly.
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    With a paper trail a mile wide leading to the wrong door: sure. 'Your account' is their account. By the time the money hits a real account in control of the perp it will be offshore for sure.
tempodox 5y ago
In the US, the DMVs of many (all?) states sell the data they have on you to 3rd parties without you having a say in it. So there's no telling how many DBs have copies of your data stored. https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a32035408/dmv-selling-driver-data/ https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a32035408/dmv-selling-...

vmception 5y ago

New Fullz (real people's IDs) for sale. Finally a way to cash out your illicitly earned crypto. Make a new Coinbase account in someone else's name, and a new brokerage account in their name too. They'll never know! Access via remote desktop from a compromised computer near their zip code, check the markets those are everywhere too! That person will never know either! You can buy your favorite penny stock with the funds in their name and be seen as a having a good trading year in your own real identity and clean funds. Not advocating anything, this is what happens all day every day.

garyfirestorm 5y ago
For you to cash out your crypto wouldn’t you need to transfer it to your account? Isn’t that enough for IRS to knock on your door?
- vmception 5y ago
  you missed the part where you make another account in someone else's name because you had bought their ID the IRS and DOJ will go knocking on their door and parade them around, writing "no matter what assets you trade, you can't hide and our financial system is immune from illicit funds"
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    exactly.
- jacquesm 5y ago
  With a paper trail a mile wide leading to the wrong door: sure. 'Your account' is their account. By the time the money hits a real account in control of the perp it will be offshore for sure.

tempodox 5y ago

In the US, the DMVs of many (all?) states sell the data they have on you to 3rd parties without you having a say in it. So there's no telling how many DBs have copies of your data stored. https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a32035408/dmv-selling-driver-data/ https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a32035408/dmv-selling-...