Overview
- Security reporter Brian Krebs published findings last week that a dark‑web marketplace called Nexus advertised searchable access to roughly 153 million U.S. and Canadian driver’s license scans and samples that matched real users.
- The FBI’s New Orleans field office opened an official inquiry Sunday after investigators and researchers traced timestamps and sample records to transactions linked with a widely used identity‑verification vendor.
- The suspected source is IDScan.net, which says it is investigating but has not confirmed a breach or disclosed the scope of any exposure.
- Each leaked record reportedly can include multiple immutable images — front and back photos plus infrared and ultraviolet scans — that cannot be reset and can be used to forge IDs or bypass automated checks.
- Multiple class‑action suits have been filed and law firms are soliciting claims, and experts warn the files will retain criminal value for years and could resurface even though Nexus has gone offline.