Dark web service offers millions of US and Canadian identity document scans
A dark web service named Nexus advertised a database of more than 170 million North American identity documents, including about 153 million driver's license scans, 10 million identification cards, 3 million travel documents and 579,000 medical cards. Some records reportedly contained front and back scans, infrared and ultraviolet images, and timestamps. Reporting traced exposed records to services that require physical ID checks and pointed to IDScan.net, which says it is investigating; the FBI's New Orleans office opened a probe and the Nexus site disappeared, creating widespread identity fraud risk.
More than 170 million North American identity documents were offered online.
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A dark web seller posted a very large set of identity scans. Reporters linked some records to services that use IDScan.net. The FBI opened an investigation and the site went offline.
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