FBI Probes Possible Breach of 153 Million Driver’s Licenses
FBI investigates possible breach exposing up to 170M North American driver's licenses, data sold on Exploit forum via 'Nexus' service, linked to IDScan.net.
The FBI is investigating a potentially massive breach of identity data affecting as many as 170 million North Americans, first reported by Krebs. The 'Nexus' service on the Exploit cybercrime forum claimed to hold over 153 million US and Canadian driver's licenses plus ID cards, travel documents, and medical cards, sourced from an active breach at a major identity verification company. Krebs linked the trove to New Orleans-based IDScan.net, which is investigating. The service went dark shortly after publication; experts warn stolen license data (DOB, address, ID numbers) can't be changed and could enable lifelong identity fraud.