A possible IDScan data breach has far-reaching implications

Have you heard about the possible IDScan data breach? I hadn’t until a stray bit of information appeared in my email: A press release from Canada announcing that the Privacy Commissioner was investigating a data breach at IDScan.net after it appeared that a third party had gained access to the database. At least 153 million American and Canadian driver’s licenses might have been compromised. This announcement was a reminder that, while the pro-China crowd is talking about “AI will destroy the world by 2030,” which has supplanted “climate change will destroy the world by 2030,” data breaches are ongoing and...