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Database of 153 Million Driver's Licenses Offered for Sale on Dark Web
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A database containing records from 153 million driver's licenses is being sold on the dark web.
The availability of driver's license data at this scale undermines systems that rely on it for identity verification. Engineers designing authentication or onboarding flows should assume this class of government-issued ID data is now accessible to attackers.
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A database of 153 million driver's license records is being offered for sale on the dark web.
Security researcher Brian Krebs has reported additional details about the sale.
The origin and specific data fields included in the database have not been detailed in the available material.
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