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Identity Verification Is Broken. The 153 Million Driver’s Licenses Now for Sale Are Proof - Gizmodo

Published by Gizmodo.com By Kyle Torpey · 3 September 2026 at 02:48
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Identity Verification Is Broken. The 153 Million Driver’s Licenses Now for Sale Are Proof - Gizmodo
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What the report says

A massive trove of driver’s license scans allegedly stolen from an identity verification company shows the danger of creating honey pots of our most sensitive documents for malicious actors to exploit.

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