Your Ontario Driver's Licence May Be Among the 153 Million Records Allegedly Leaked and in the Hands of Foreign Adversaries, Experts Warn
The probe will examine whether IDScan.net’s safeguards and notifications met federal privacy rules after a breach that may involve 153 million driver’s licences.
- Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne launched an investigation into IDScan.net following reports that a data breach potentially exposed scans of 153 million driver's licenses from Canada and the U.S.
- Independent journalist Brian Krebs first reported the criminal site Nexus on September 1, discovering his own license displayed as a sample; the site claimed to offer more than 150 million U.S. and Canadian driver's license scans.
- Threat researcher Zach Edwards of Infoblox called the incident "unprecedented in terms of its sweep," adding it "means that this attack created legitimate national security risks for high-profile individuals." IDScan.net confirmed it secured its systems and is cooperating with federal law enforcement.
- Separately, West Publishing was hacked, potentially exposing Wyoming Judicial Branch court records from 2015 to 2025. Communications director Jacob Just said West Publishing is offering 12 months of free credit monitoring to those affected.
- The Office of the Privacy Commissioner continues examining the security safeguards IDScan.net had in place and assessing the "adequacy of its notifications to affected individuals" to ensure necessary steps mitigate risks to Canadians.
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Your Ontario driver's licence may be among the 153 million records allegedly leaked and in the hands of foreign adversaries, experts warn
Here's why national security and cybersecurity experts say the IDScan.net breach — which reportedly includes more than 473,000 driver's licences belonging to Ontario residents — is far more dangerous than most other hacks in the news.
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Durham RegionYour driver's licence may be among the 153 million records allegedly leaked and in the hands of foreign adversaries, experts warn
Here's why national security and cybersecurity experts say the IDScan.net breach — which reportedly includes more than 473,000 driver's licences belonging to Ontario residents — is far more dangerous than most other hacks in the news.
Wyoming courts investigate extent of personal data exposed in cybersecurity breach
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A leak of data from IDScan.net may have exposed information from millions of driver's licenses and other Canadian and American IDs.
Canadian investigation launched into data breach that exposed millions of IDs
Canada's privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into a data breach at IDScan.net that potentially exposed details from millions of driver's licences and other kinds of government-issued identification from Canada and the U.S.
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