Author Says Data Removal Services Fail Against Breaches Hitting Tens of Millions
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Updated · troyhunt.com · Jul 3
Author Says Data Removal Services Fail Against Breaches Hitting Tens of Millions
3 articles · Updated · troyhunt.com · Jul 3
Summary
Data removal services can help only with lawful data brokers that honor opt-out requests, the analysis argues, leaving people exposed once breach data is dumped publicly and copied widely.
ShinyHunters leaks cited in the piece — including recent dumps affecting retailers such as Canada Goose — show why: stolen records spread across clear-web sites, Telegram channels, forums and private archives within minutes.
That makes paid removal largely useless against the highest-risk actors, because criminal leak sites and downstream copiers have no incentive to comply even if one source deletes a record.
The author says the services' practical value is narrower: reducing some broker-driven marketing or targeted profiling, not stopping identity theft, extortion or other abuse after a mass breach.