FBI investigates breach exposing 153 million driving licences in US and Canada: Report
- A dark web identity theft service is claiming to be selling more than 153 million driving licence scans belonging to people across the US and Canada in a new major breach, prompting the FBI to investigate.
- The scale of the apparent breach was first highlighted by cybersecurity outlet vx-underground, after the records appeared on a new service called Nexus.
- According to KrebsOnSecurity, Nexus was advertised on the Russian cybercrime forum Exploit on August 31.
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- A dark web identity theft service is claiming to be selling more than 153 million driving licence scans belonging to people across the US and Canada in a new major breach, prompting the FBI to investigate.
- The scale of the apparent breach was first highlighted by cybersecurity outlet vx-underground, after the records appeared on a new service called Nexus.
- According to KrebsOnSecurity, Nexus was advertised on the Russian cybercrime forum Exploit on August 31.
Sources: Dexerto