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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)
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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They should publish the names of the companies which datasets have been involved. NOW.

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 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.

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Other companies outsource their KYC compliance to them.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

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