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153 Million Driver's Licences - The Scanner at the Front Desk, and the Shop That Sold What It Saw
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A dark web shop, 153 million driver's licence scans, an FBI investigation, and the scanner at your front desk.
What was found. On 1 September, KrebsOnSecurity reported a dark web service called "Nexus" advertising more than 153 million US and Canadian driver's licence scans, plus 10 million+ ID cards, 3 million+ travel documents and 579,000+ medical cards. Records contained six images per document — front and back in normal, infrared and ultraviolet light — with date and time stamps. The…
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