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Regulators Stay Silent Two Weeks After 153M Driver's License Breach
The company is offering free credit monitoring and identity protection services as the FBI investigates the leak and the database has been taken offline.
- On Friday, IDScan confirmed it is cooperating with the FBI regarding a breach of 153 million driver's licenses, stating an unauthorized third party likely accessed full names and government-issued identification numbers.
- Security researcher Brian Krebs reported on September 1 that the dark web marketplace Nexus sold scans of over 153 million documents, with hackers claiming they were "continuously exfiltrating new data for over a year" into a private database.
- Compromised data includes 10 million ID cards, 3 million travel documents, and 1.1 million Canadian driver's licenses; IDScan provides verification services for FedEx, Target, GameStop, and over 1,000 other businesses across 19 states.
- IDScan announced it will "provide access to free credit monitoring and identity protection services" for affected individuals, with support available Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET.
- The New Orleans field office of the FBI is investigating the breach as experts recommend a credit freeze to prevent identity theft, though IDScan has not publicly connected the incident to the Nexus marketplace.
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