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IDScan.net: ID-verification cloud breached, up to 153 million driver’s licence scans offered on a dark-web service
IDScan’s notice (4 Sep) says an unauthorized party “may” have accessed or copied customer information in accounts on its IDScan.net cloud.
- Disclosed
What happened
- IDScan’s notice (4 Sep) says an unauthorized party “may” have accessed or copied customer information in accounts on its IDScan.net cloud: names and driver’s licence or ID numbers. KrebsOnSecurity reported a dark-web service, “Nexus”, advertising 153 million US and Canadian licence scans plus 10 million ID cards and 3 million travel documents, and verified samples. IDScan has not confirmed a count.
- Root cause: not disclosed.
- Unnamed actors; FBI investigating; several sellers claim the full database.
- Credit monitoring offered; lawsuit filed.
Sources
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/idscan-confirms-breach-tied-to-153-million-stolen-drivers-licenses/
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/15/the-worst-hacks-and-breaches-of-2026-so-far/
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