[HN Gopher] VW says data breach at vendor impacted 3.3M people i...
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       VW says data breach at vendor impacted 3.3M people in North America
        
       Author : ibraheemdev
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2021-06-12 18:15 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.reuters.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.reuters.com)
        
       | hn_throwaway_99 wrote:
       | I've said this before, but at this point I think the better
       | solution is to just assume name, phone, email, address, DoB,
       | social security number and drivers license number are fully
       | public, because they pretty much already are.
       | 
       | Then, from, that perspective, companies shouldn't treat that
       | information as individually identifiable because it's likely
       | already public.
        
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       | azinman2 wrote:
       | > 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 wrote:
         | 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 wrote:
           | 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 wrote:
             | 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 wrote:
             | 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.
        
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