America's Driver's License Breach Is a National Security Disaster
Krebs on Security noted that in a single day the number of licenses in the database increased by nearly 400,000, suggesting regular ingestion of new data.Krebs on Security was able to verify that the driver's licenses held by the service were genuine. In addition to Krebs’s own, it contained licenses from nine of his friends and family members. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, an assistant director at the FBI and other high-ranking U.S. government officials also had licenses in the mix.Based on a variety of circumstantial evidence, Krebs linked the incident to identity verification service IDScan.
- ▪Krebs on Security noted that in a single day the number of licenses in the database increased by nearly 400,000, suggesting regular ingestion of new data.Krebs on Security was able to verify that the driver's licenses held by the service we
- ▪In addition to Krebs’s own, it contained licenses from nine of his friends and family members.
- ▪Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, an assistant director at the FBI and other high-ranking U.S. government officials also had licenses in the mix.Based on a variety of circumstantial evidence, Krebs linked the incident to identity verification
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Cybersecurity & Tech America's Driver's License Breach Is a National Security Disaster Tom Uren Monday, September 14, 2026, 8:00 AM Share On: Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Share on BlueSky Share on Threads Print this article The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare. HACKERS (PT. 1) (Ifrah Yousuf, https://cybervisuals.org/visual/hackers-pt-1/; CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Tom Uren Meet The Authors Subscribe to Lawfare America's Driver's License Breach is a National Security DisasterLast week, Krebs on Security broke the story of a newly launched dark web service calling itself Nexus that was selling access to identity documents, including 3 million travel documents and 153 million driver's…
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