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SilasX on Nov 30, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Marriott hack hits 500M Starwood guests

Has any state's DL database been compromised? The US government's passport DB?

ryanlol on Nov 30, 2018 | [–]

DBs containing essentially all US citizens like Accurint/Seisint have been compromised in the past https://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/08/lexis_nexis_hacker_...

https://phys.org/news/2013-09-lexisnexis-breach-earlier-year...

I'm preeetty sure they source DL data from some state DMVs.

ams6110 on Nov 30, 2018 | [–]

Most likely yes, we just may not know about it.

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