- Joined
- Mar 3, 2021
What was hit:
GOVERNMENT: Common Access Cards [government issued identity cards that grant physical access to government buildings and secure rooms seized.]CITIZENS: Over 150 MILLION drivers licenses images accesed and seized. MEDICAL: Dispensary cards.TRANSPORTATION: CDL documents.
- The X post from @911NewsBreaks claims a massive data breach hit US and Canadian governments, exposing Common Access Cards (CACs), over 150 million drivers' licenses, medical dispensary cards, and CDL documents, accompanied by a dramatic video graphic.
- This alert references a Krebs on Security report from September 1, 2026, detailing a new dark web service called Nexus selling scans of 153M+ North American drivers' licenses and other IDs sourced from a compromised identity verification company.
- The FBI's New Orleans field office has opened an inquiry into the leak, which includes records from high-profile individuals and appears to involve data aggregated by a private firm used by Fortune 500 companies.
