Identity verification company AU10TIX used by tech giants left photo IDs exposed [Video]

If there’s one type of company you definitely don’t want to see left vulnerable to hackers it’s an identity verification service with access to photo ID documents like driver’s licenses – but that’s exactly what appears to have happened with AU10TIX.

The cybersecurity company’s past or present clients include PayPal, Coinbase, X, TikTok, Uber, LinkedIn, Upwork, and Fiverr …

There are times when companies need to positively identify their users, such as complying with money laundering regulations and enabling people to recover their accounts. A common way to do this is to require users to upload photo ID, like a driver’s license or passport.

In some cases, companies additionally ask for a video of the user showing their face from different angles so this can be compared with the photo to ID to ensure that it hasn’t fallen into the wrong hands.

A number of major companies choose to outsource this task …