--- title: FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses –... description: A new dark web service called Nexus is selling digital scans of over 153 million U.S. and Canadian drivers licenses, plus millions of other ID documents,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/fbi-probes-service-selling-153m-drivers-licenses-krebs-on-security-bmalidm3f twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses – Krebs on Security | daily.dev og:description: A new dark web service called Nexus is selling digital scans of over 153 million U.S. and Canadian drivers licenses, plus millions of other ID documents,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/fbi-probes-service-selling-153m-drivers-licenses-krebs-on-security-bmalidm3f og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BMAlIDM3f.png og:image:alt: FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses – Krebs on Security og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses – Krebs on Security **[Krebs on Security](https://daily.dev/sources/krebsonsecurity)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A new dark web service called Nexus is selling digital scans of over 153 million U.S. and Canadian drivers licenses, plus millions of other ID documents, apparently sourced from an ongoing breach at Louisiana-based identity verification company idscan.net, whose clients include Hertz, Target, FedEx, and Planet13 dispensaries. Investigation by Krebs on Security, involving timestamp analysis on multiple victims' license images, traced the leak to idscan.net's infrared/ultraviolet ID-scanning systems used at rental car counters and dispensaries. The FBI's New Orleans field office has opened an official investigation, and idscan.net says it is looking into the matter but has not issued a substantive statement. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How many drivers licenses are being sold on the Nexus dark web identity theft service? Nexus, a service advertised on the Russian cybercrime forum Exploit, claims to hold more than 153 million drivers licenses from people in the United States and Canada, plus over 10 million identification cards, 3 million travel documents or international IDs, and at least 579,000 medical cards. A blank search returns roughly 11.5 million pages of results. _Security teams tracking large-scale identity breaches like this follow the fallout on daily.dev._ ### What company is suspected to be the source of the Nexus drivers license data breach? Louisiana-based identity verification company idscan.net is suspected as the source, based on timestamp analysis showing infrared and ultraviolet scan images matching victims' interactions with idscan.net customers like Hertz rental counters and Planet13 marijuana dispensaries. Idscan.net processes over 21 million ID verifications monthly at more than 20,000 locations and serves clients including Target, FedEx, and Caesars Entertainment. _Anyone assessing third-party vendor risk after an identity verification breach can track updates on daily.dev._ ### Has the FBI opened an investigation into the idscan.net drivers license breach? Yes, the FBI's New Orleans field office opened an official investigation into the apparent breach involving idscan.net after being alerted that the Nexus dark web service was selling identity documents including one belonging to an FBI assistant director. Senior leaders from the FBI's cyber division confirmed the investigation during a conference call with the researcher who uncovered the leak. _Developers building or auditing identity verification systems can stay on top of breach investigations via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Another massive data breach exposed millions of driver’s license numbers](https://daily.dev/posts/another-massive-data-breach-exposed-millions-of-driver-s-license-numbers-z6spff7ie) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Texas govt data breach exposes over 3 million driver’s licenses](https://daily.dev/posts/texas-govt-data-breach-exposes-over-3-million-driver-s-licenses-1udrut6hn) · BleepingComputer · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Texas government data breach allowed hackers to steal 3 million driver’s licenses and passports](https://daily.dev/posts/texas-government-data-breach-allowed-hackers-to-steal-3-million-driver-s-licenses-and-passports-2vopy2txs) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - 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