153 Million Driver's Licenses Leaked on Dark Web

A threat actor offered over 153 million US and Canadian driver's licenses on the dark web.

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A threat actor started offering digital scans of over 153 million US and Canadian driver's licenses on the dark web service Nexus this week. ^[1] The FBI launched an official investigation into the potential IDScan data breach, and some of the stolen driver's licenses belonged to FBI agents. ^[2] US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's driver's license is allegedly among more than 150 million records offered for sale on the dark web following a data breach at identity verification firm IDScan.net. ^[3] Nexus listed over 153 million driver's licenses, more than 10 million identification cards, over 3 million travel documents and international IDs, and roughly 580,000 medical cards. ^[4] The threat actor behind Nexus alleged that the documents were exfiltrated from an active breach at an identity verification firm that serves multiple Fortune 500 companies. ^[5] Nexus claims it has been continuously exfiltrating new data for over a year into its private database, with hundreds of thousands of fresh details added in the past few days. ^[6] The Russian identity theft service Nexus claims to possess the leaked records, including travel documents and medical cards, and offers Hegseth's ID for $100. ^[7]

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A threat actor started offering digital scans of over 153 million US and Canadian driver's licenses on the dark web service Nexus this week. · SecurityWeek

The FBI launched an official investigation into the potential IDScan data breach, and some of the stolen driver's licenses belonged to FBI agents. · SecurityWeek

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's driver's license is allegedly among more than 150 million records offered for sale on the dark web following a data breach at identity verification firm IDScan.net. · Protos

Nexus listed over 153 million driver's licenses, more than 10 million identification cards, over 3 million travel documents and international IDs, and roughly 580,000 medical cards. · SecurityWeek

The threat actor behind Nexus alleged that the documents were exfiltrated from an active breach at an identity verification firm that serves multiple Fortune 500 companies. · SecurityWeek

Nexus claims it has been continuously exfiltrating new data for over a year into its private database, with hundreds of thousands of fresh details added in the past few days. · Protos

The Russian identity theft service Nexus claims to possess the leaked records, including travel documents and medical cards, and offers Hegseth's ID for $100. · Protos

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