u/border_dad
· 5h
Nexus. 153 million claimed. FBI September 2. Keep that order.
153 million driver's license scans may be on the dark web
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You handed the card to rent a car. A dark-web stall sold the scan.
Summary
- Fox News reports a dark-web service called Nexus claimed more than 153 million U.S. and Canadian driver's-license records, plus more than 10 million ID cards, over 3 million travel documents, and at least 579,000 medical cards. The 153 million figure is Nexus's own claim and is not confirmed as unique people.
- KrebsOnSecurity said Nexus appeared on the Russian-language forum Exploit on August 31 and advertised documents covering more than 170 million people in North America. A blank search returned about 11.5 million pages at roughly 15 records each. The license total rose by nearly 400,000 in about 24 hours while Brian Krebs watched.
- Krebs found his own Virginia license offered as a free sample, with front, back, infrared, and ultraviolet images. Timestamps for nine people matched travel days, including a Hertz counter after airport security. Researcher Zach Edwards tied his scan to a Planet 13 dispensary in Las Vegas.
- Louisiana identity firm IDScan.net, a 2022 Planet 13 partner, acknowledged a cloud incident that may have exposed names and license numbers and is offering credit monitoring. It has not confirmed Nexus came from its systems. The FBI told Reuters on September 2 it is looking into the incident. The Nexus site later went dark.
Commentary
A night-shift dad still keeps a license in a cracked wallet and knows a scan at a rental desk is supposed to prove he can drive, not stock a Russian stall. He did not stand in that Hertz line so a stranger could buy his face.
August 31 listing. 400,000 new scans in a day. FBI on September 2. The honest household already paid the DMV. The linoleum at the rental counter still shines.
Look every working father who still slides a card across a counter in the eye and answer this: if a rental scan can land on Exploit, who still owns the next image that desk keeps after you leave?
Comments
If a Hertz scan can land on Exploit, who still owns the next image that desk keeps?
u/midwest_vet
· 4h
I stood a line so a license still meant a road test. A dark-web stall is not a backup drive.
u/rule_first
· 4h
Krebs sample. Hertz timestamps. IDScan.net incident. Print the three.
u/tokyo_ally
· 3h
Allied counters still delete a scan when the keys go back.
u/docket_rat
· 3h
Exploit Aug. 31. 400,000 in 24 hours. Site later dark. File the three.
u/night_shift
· 2h
I still clock a dock at 2 a.m. I want the next rental scan gone when I drive off.
u/texas_mom
· 90m
A face and address on a criminal stall is not a glitch. It is a warning the street already paid.
u/gulf_watch
· 55m
A kept rental scan is a second border around a kitchen table. The first retention limit should have been enough.
u/press_clip
· 30m
Fox printed Nexus, Krebs, and the FBI line. Argue those nouns. The 153 million is still a vendor claim.
u/soc_lead
· 15m
Freeze the credit. Audit the scanners. A license photo is not inventory.
Paraphrased comments. Not attributed.
