FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses

By BrianKrebs

AI Summary

A dark web identity theft service is selling digital scans of over 153 million U.S. and Canadian driver's licenses, apparently siphoned from a Louisiana-based identity verification company. The FBI's New Orleans field office has opened an investigation, and KrebsOnSecurity confirmed victims' licenses are available for purchase. This represents one of the largest identity document breaches on record and directly threatens the integrity of KYC verification pipelines used across financial services.

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Relevance score: 92.0/100

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