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It did leak SSNs for sure. I assume it leaked info about purchases, which would could give you car make/model/year. It could have leaked things like credit ca
by tyingq 3y ago
It did leak SSNs for sure. I assume it leaked info about purchases, which would could give you car make/model/year. It could have leaked things like credit card info also.
Consider those questions many services use to verify identity...things like cars you used to own, past addresses, banking relationships, etc. The leak could have exposed some of that directly or indirectly (like cc# include BIN, which gives a name of a bank you're associated with).
- dreamcompiler 3y agoMost of this information (with the possible exception of the SSNs) is readily available from data brokers. How do you think those auto warranty scam companies know exactly when your (legitimate) auto warranty expires? They bought the information from a data broker or sometimes directly from your state's MVD. https://www.vice.com/en/article/43kxzq/dmvs-selling-data-private-investigators-making-millions-of-dollars https://www.vice.com/en/article/43kxzq/dmvs-selling-data-pri...
- tyingq 3y agoSure. Also the massive Experian leak. But new sources lower the bar for getting the data. Separately, I think the general public now has really high "cyber incident fatigue". It happens so often that nobody cares anymore.
- kjkjadksj 3y agoNo one cares because its rarely personally impactful