America's Driver's License Breach Is a National Security Disaster
Dark web service Nexus sells 153 million US/Canadian driver's licenses linked to a breach of identity verifier IDScan.
Krebs on Security revealed a dark web service, Nexus, selling access to 153 million driver's licenses and 3 million travel documents from US and Canadian citizens, roughly 63 percent of all US licenses. Circumstantial evidence links the data to identity verification firm IDScan, which confirmed it is investigating a breach, and the FBI is probing the incident. Licenses belonging to senior US officials, including Pete Hegseth, an FBI assistant director, and Krebs's own contacts were verified as genuine. The exfiltration appears ongoing, with the database growing by nearly 400,000 licenses in a single day, and the data carries significant national security value for foreign intelligence services.
- 153M driver's licenses exposed, about 63% of all US licenses
- Breach linked to identity verification firm IDScan; FBI investigating
- Database grew ~400,000 licenses in one day, indicating ongoing exfiltration
- Licenses of senior US officials found and verified as genuine
- Data has counterintelligence value comparable to OPM or Anthem thefts
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America's Driver's License Breach is a National Security Disaster Last week, Krebs on Security broke the story of a newly launched dark web service calling itself Nexus that was selling access to identity documents, including 3 million travel documents and 153 million driver's licenses from U. S. and Canadian citizens.
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