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If you had any doubts that Know-Your-Customer laws were evil, here is one very good reason: personal data of 1 BILLION people just leaked. (cybernews.com)

submitted 8 months ago by herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml [S] 24 points 8 months ago (3 children)

the name of the company is known. it's IDMERIT: https://www.idmerit.com/

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yes, but the point is that they seem to have data for or on behalf of a load of different companies, probably in the telco department.

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[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Other companies outsource their KYC compliance to them.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Exactly. And this is the list of company names we need.

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