A dark web service is selling digital scans of more than 153 million U.S. and Canadian drivers licenses, according to reporting from KrebsOnSecurity and 9to5Mac. The listings also include other types of identity documents, such as medical and residence cards.
KrebsOnSecurity says interviews with people whose licenses appear for sale suggest the scans are being siphoned from images collected by a widely used identity verification company based in Louisiana. It reports that the FBI’s New Orleans field office has launched an official inquiry into the source of the images. 9to5Mac similarly reports that the FBI is investigating the incident and characterizes it as a case of identity theft involving documents associated with a hacked identity verification service.
The outlets focus on the same core facts: an online seller offers a very large volume of license and related records, the documents appear to originate from an identity verification provider, and law enforcement is investigating. The reporting does not name the specific service or the verification company involved in the excerpted material.
