Dark Web Service Nexus Sells 153M+ Driver's Licenses
Dark web service Nexus offered 153M+ US and Canadian driver's license scans, traced to suspected IDScan.net breach; the FBI opened an investigation.
A dark web identity theft service called Nexus began offering searchable access to more than 153 million scanned US and Canadian driver's licenses, plus 10M+ ID cards, 3M+ travel documents, and 579,000+ medical cards. KrebsOnSecurity traced the records to New Orleans identity verification firm IDScan.net, whose clients include Hertz, Target, FedEx, Motorola Solutions, Caesars Entertainment, Jack Henry, and Planet13 dispensaries. The FBI's New Orleans field office opened a formal investigation, and Nexus went offline soon after the story broke. Operators claim exfiltration has been ongoing for over a year, with records growing by roughly 400,000 per day.
- Nexus offered 153M+ licenses, 10M+ ID cards, 3M+ travel documents, and 579K+ medical cards on the Exploit forum.
- Krebs matched record timestamps to IDScan.net scans at Hertz rentals and Planet13 dispensaries, which uses idscan.net nationwide.
- Records grow roughly 400,000 daily, attributed to ongoing exfiltration from a breach claimed to have run over a year.
- Database reportedly includes licenses of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and FBI personnel; Nexus went offline after publication.
- Vendors
- IDScan.net
- Products
- Nexus
- Victims
- IDScan.net
- Countries
- United StatesCanada
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FBI probes suspected breach at IDScan. net after dark web service Nexus offered 153M+ US and Canadian driver’s license scans. A dark web identity theft service called Nexus appeared on September 1, 2026, offering searchable access to more than 153 million scanned driver’s licenses belonging to people in the United States and Canada.
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