IDScan confirms breach tied to 153 million stolen driver’s licenses
IDScan confirmed hackers accessed customer data in its cloud, linked to over 153 million stolen driver's license scans offered on a dark-web platform.
Identity verification firm IDScan disclosed on September 4 that an unauthorized third party may have accessed or copied customer data in its IDScan.net cloud, including full names and government-issued ID numbers. The incident was linked to a dark-web 'Nexus' platform advertising over 153 million US and Canadian driver's license scans, plus 10 million ID cards, 3 million travel documents, and 579,000 medical cards. Multiple lawsuits have been filed, the FBI confirmed it is investigating, and IDScan is offering free credit monitoring to potentially affected individuals.
- Breach notice published September 4; unauthorized third party may have accessed names and government ID numbers
- Dark-web 'Nexus' platform advertised 153M+ US/Canadian license scans, 10M ID cards, 3M travel documents, 579K medical cards
- Multiple lawsuits filed; FBI investigating; IDScan offering free credit monitoring and identity protection services
- Notification briefly used a noindex directive; Nexus taken offline but criminals likely retain the database
- Vendors
- IDScan
- Products
- IDScan.net
- Organizations
- FBI
- Countries
- United StatesCanada
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Identity verification company IDScan has confirmed that hackers accessed customer data stored in its cloud platform, days after reports linked the company to a massive database containing more than 153 million driver's license scans. [...]
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