Hacker claims $20K in dark web sales of leaked 'World-Check' terrorism watchlist

Ever wonder if it's really a good idea for there to be terrorism watch lists created by for-profit businesses, with no accountability to the privacy rights of ordinary citizens like you and me?

The best-known of these, Thomson Reuters' World-Check, recently leaked to the so-called dark web. The database is compiled from public sources, and is sold by Thomson Reuters tovetted clients in government, intelligence agencies, banks, law firms, and the like.

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