88 ID Verification Breaches Show the Cost of Collecting Identity Data
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A report compiled by Mysterium VPN documents 88 incidents from 2011–2026 in which identity- and age-verification data (ID scans, selfies, fingerprints, biometric templates) were leaked, confirmed at ~2.15 billion records with additional claims raising the total; many incidents involved major verification vendors and national ID systems, highlighting systemic and irreparable risks when immutable identity data is centralized.
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