“All of that data cost $15 in Bitcoin. The bot sometimes offers the Social Security number too for $20.”
A name and a state got 404 Media a target’s every past address, relatives, phone numbers, emails and driver’s license number from a Telegram bot. The source is the credit header that Experian, Equifax and TransUnion keep on most American adults and resell down a chain to debt collectors, insurers and cops. Criminals got in by stealing former police officers’ identities. You never opted in to the bureaus, and you cannot opt out of the leak.