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  • Hacker News
  • And again, there will be no monetary consequences for the companies that failed to secure our private data.
    by kleiba2
  • I wonder if I can buy my own driver license since I lost it and now I need a copy to get some paperwork done! Hackers please!
    by pelagicAustral
  • If you are in California the DMV makes tens of millions of dollars a year selling all the data you give to the DMV, which is why I give them a P.O. Box.
    by lrvick
  • Funny was just testing the pilot of the Irish Government Digital Wallet. Definitely seems like the way forward if we're intent on doing identity verification. I'd rather the government mediate this than a bunch of random 3rd parties.
    by padjo
  • We have too many non-technical people in charge of things who just make decisions based on politics and magical thinking about what is possible.

    ‘Just make the encryption secure and so we can read it’

    ‘Just check everyone’s id but make it totally secure’

    by jonplackett
  • If you are interested in the original, high-quality article: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-probes-service-selli...

    Only in case you are interested in the original source, of course. If you like the copywrited version of it, you can go to techdirt :)

    by zero_k
  • The original idea for the ID verification was broken by design anyway. The only safe and secure way is a chain/tree of trust, e.g. with PKI, where you could generate some certificate just for that particular service, while keeping your root key safe. Then, in the case of leak, the most you lose, is one particular key for one particular service that could be immediately revoked. You could even slap zero-knowledge proofs for particular properties (e.g. if the person has a driver license or not) without de-anonymizing the account. In the rare even of root key leak you should be able to physically go to the authority and make a new one, while revoking the old key. I don't see any other better alternatives than this.
    by xvilka
  • Brian Krebs' article is, in my opinion, a much better read for this story[0].

    [0] https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-probes-service-selli...

    by piva00

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