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FBI opens probe into source of 153M+ driver's license scans sold on dark web
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A dark web service called Nexus is selling scans of over 153 million U.S. and Canadian drivers licenses, prompting an FBI inquiry into the source of the data.
This breach exposes a systemic risk in identity verification services: a single compromised vendor can leak millions of sensitive documents. Engineers who integrate such services need to assume that identity data may be compromised and design for breach response. The FBI inquiry may reveal the source, but the data is already in the wild.
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The Nexus service claims to have over 153 million drivers licenses from the U.S. and Canada, plus other ID types.
The FBI's New Orleans field office has launched an official inquiry into the source of the images.
The data appears to be continuously updated, with nearly 400,000 new license records added in 24 hours.
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