Security 1 billion records leaked in IDMerit data leak

[29dogs]

1 billion records were leaked from some identity protection service called IDMerit. I never used them but if you have you might want to know about this!

https://cybernews.com/security/global-data-leak-exposes-billion-records/

 

[Dopious]

it leaked the core personal identifiers used for your financial and digital life

Funny, in my country this is open details given away freely on request from authorities to anyone that requests them even tax records, you don`t even have to tell them your name when you request it, they are not allowed to ask even who you are.

 

[Champagne]

Leaks involving KYC verification or identity protection services happen quite often. I wonder why so much attention is paid to the KYC aspect, but not to keeping clients’ information secure.