FBI probes driver's license leak on dark web
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The asking price on the dark web for a single driver's license record is about $100, and the listings reportedly include a copy of Pete Hegseth's Minnesota-issued license alongside a journalist's own ID. That journalist, Brian Krebs, was the first to flag the breach, which allegedly exposed 153 million licenses from the United States and Canada. The FBI field office in New Orleans is investigating, and the suspected origin is IDscan.net, a Louisiana firm that scans IDs for car rental, retail, finance, and entertainment companies. The real problem is that a license isn't something you can reset like a password, it carries your physical address, even for people with security clearances. Criminal outfits in Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, and North Africa are reportedly selling this data to paying buyers, including hostile state intelligence agencies. This isn't a case of someone clicking a bad link; it's a national security threat because your home address is right there on the document.
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The dark web. That includes the license of War Secretary Pete Hegseth. Chief National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin has the story. The FBI field office in New Orleans is leading the investigation into a massive data breach that has exposed millions of driver's licenses to identity theft and scams involving cyber hackers on the dark web. Even if a fraction of the claimed scale is true, the underlying problem is significant because these aren't the passwords you can just simply reset. A hacker linked to identity theft that calls itself Nexus claims to have more than 153 million driver's licenses from people in the U.S. and Canada, along with millions of other identity documents. The data may have been stolen from IDscan.net, a Louisiana-based identity verification company whose technology is used by businesses specializing in car rentals, retail, finance, and entertainment. The person who first reported on the breach Brian Krebs discovered a copy of his own driver license was stolen by the hackers He reported his discovery which included an alleged copy of Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegsess Minnesota driver license At the bottom of the account, it says the cost to unlock this record is $100. By clicking purchase record, this amount will be deducted from your balance and the record will be made available. Driver's license information is valuable to nation states because that tells them who has a driver's license and gives them their home address. Even if you're a person with security clearance or you're a high-profile individual, your driver's license is going to have your actual address on it. Cyber experts we spoke to said the criminal organizations involved in this kind of breach are usually based in Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, and North Africa. They can use the stolen information to bribe targeted individuals or sell their information to spy networks of enemy states. Brett? Okay, Jan, thank you. Up next, an amazing rescue in Nepal, nine days after those devastating floods.
