153M+ driver’s licenses for sale on new dark web platform
New dark web platform Nexus is selling 153 million driver's license scans; FBI investigates apparent breach of IDScan.net.
A dark web platform called Nexus claims to sell more than 153 million driver's license scans, 10 million ID cards, 3 million travel documents, and 579,000 medical cards including marijuana dispensary cards. KrebsOnSecurity linked the trove to identity verification provider IDScan.net, with records reportedly containing front-and-back images plus infrared and ultraviolet scans and timestamps matching holders' travel or car-rental activity. The FBI's New Orleans field office opened an investigation into the apparent breach; IDScan.net says it is investigating.
- High-resolution ID images enable convincing scams, weak identity checks, and detailed victim profiles.
- Malwarebytes warns age-verification systems requiring full ID uploads create disproportionate privacy risk.
- Consumers advised to question ID retention, prefer privacy-preserving age checks, and consider credit freezes.
- Vendors
- IDScan.net
- Victims
- IDScan.net
- Organizations
- NexusIDScan.netFBIKrebsOnSecurityMalwarebytes
- Countries
- United States
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The FBI is investigating a possible breach of idscan. net linked to 153 million driver’s license scans for sale online.
By @MetallicaMVP · malwarebytes.com
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