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• dgellow 4mo ago
  Could we update the link to the original article? https://cambridgeanalytica.org/data-breaches-scandals/passports-driver-licenses-exposed-public-internet-2026-51096/ https://cambridgeanalytica.org/data-breaches-scandals/passpo...
  • ericpauley 4mo ago
    CA article is just AI;dr on a two week old Verge article: https://www.theverge.com/tech/947157/passports-data-breach-cannabis-club-systems-nefos-puffpal https://www.theverge.com/tech/947157/passports-data-breach-c...
    • dgellow 4mo ago
      Ok, then changing the link to the verge article. Thanks for pointing that out
      • wolvoleo 4mo ago
        The verge is not a good source as it's pay walled
        • gavinsyancey 4mo ago
          From the HN FAQ: > Are paywalls ok? > It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds. > In comments, it's ok to ask how to read an article and to help other users do so. But please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic. More here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html You can pay for the paywall, or there are ways around.
  • wolvoleo 4mo ago
    Wow it's insane that Cambridge Analytica is still around after the scandals.
    • jazzyjackson 4mo ago
      They dissolved and reconstituted as Emerdata. This domain was squatted.
  • dang 4mo ago
    Ok, let's use that and put the other two in the toptext.
    • gnabgib 4mo ago
      It was written by the Verge, and this Cambridge summary admits that (the first paragraph "journalist" is the original author at the Verge).. perhaps we can go back to original source? It's been submitted twice. Author: Sean Hollister https://www.theverge.com/tech/947157/passports-data-breach-cannabis-club-systems-nefos-puffpal https://www.theverge.com/tech/947157/passports-data-breach-c... Similar sounding (recent) leak: Hotel check-in system exposed 1M passports and driver's licenses (4 points, May/2026) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48152759 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48152759
      • dang 4mo ago
        Ok! changed now.
• hhthrowaway1230 4mo ago
  Is this the CA from FB fame? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Analytica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Analytica? If so how come they still exist?
  • charles_f 4mo ago
    Yeah, I almost closed my tab and burnt my browser realizing that.
  • deleted 4mo ago
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  • bbatha 4mo ago
    [flagged]
  • re 4mo ago
    No, it looks like the domain was taken over by squatters after CA went defunct in 2018, and they're currently using it for AI-generated "content".
    • oasisbob 4mo ago
      Yeah, this article is pretty sloppy. No effort. No research. Just raw plagiarism and AI tropes.
  • ra 4mo ago
    no: https://cambridgeanalytica.org/analyses/what-is-cambridge-analytica-a-look-back-at-the-scandal-that-changed-the-internet-1550/ https://cambridgeanalytica.org/analyses/what-is-cambridge-an...
  • dang 4mo ago
    (The URL above was https://cambridgeanalytica.org/data-breaches-scandals/passports-driver-licenses-exposed-public-internet-2026-51096/ https://cambridgeanalytica.org/data-breaches-scandals/passpo... for a while but we've since changed it to the original source.)
• skilled 4mo ago
  I think the URL should be changed to The Verge link or something else as the current source is repetitive AI writing and incohesive to read.
  • somenameforme 4mo ago
    Was about to say the exact same thing. This AI slop is just painful to read. The Verge link ( https://www.theverge.com/tech/947157/passports-data-breach-cannabis-club-systems-nefos-puffpal https://www.theverge.com/tech/947157/passports-data-breach-c... ) should be the default as it seems to be the first party source.
  • dang 4mo ago
    Ok, changed above.