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Data BreachSecurity Affairs·3 hours ago

88 ID Verification Breaches Show the Cost of Collecting Identity Data

A new report from Mysterium VPN documents 88 identity-verification breaches since 2011 that collectively exposed 2.15 billion records, demonstrating the substantial security risks inherent in collecting and storing sensitive identity and biometric data. These incidents reveal a pattern of breaches, exposures, and unauthorized sales of data specifically gathered for identity or age verification purposes. The scale of these breaches underscores growing concerns about the accumulation and protection of personal verification data across organizations.

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