Data from more than 153 million U.S. and Canadian driver's licenses was sold on the dark web
In August, a service called Nexus appeared on the Russian-language hacker forum Exploit, through which it was possible to obtain copies of more than 153 million driver’s licenses belonging to U.S. and Canadian citizens.
In addition to driver’s licenses, the database allegedly contained data on approximately 10 million ID cards, 3 million foreign passports, and nearly 580,000 medical records. The information also included licenses authorizing the purchase of marijuana at specialized stores.
Even the driver’s license of U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hagseth was leaked. The owner of Nexus claimed to be ready to provide a copy of it as proof of the data’s existence.
The FBI is investigating the appearance of this massive database on the dark web. Currently, a notice announcing the service’s shutdown has appeared on the Nexus homepage.
Source: KrebsOnSecurity, Reuters.
As a reminder, foreign governments have attempted to hack the messaging accounts of high-ranking European Union officials. This has been officially acknowledged for the first time at the EU institutional level.
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