Over 153 Million Driver’s Licenses Were Stolen by Hackers. Here’s What to Know
If you’ve used your driver’s license to verify your information either in the real world or online, there’s a chance that some of your driver’s license information was stolen by hackers in a security breach against the ID verification giant IDScan that was reportedly active for a year.
“On or around Sept. 1, 2026, IDScan.net received information indicating that certain data may have been accessed without authorization,” IDScan said in a statement on Sept. 4. “Upon this discovery, we took immediate steps to secure our systems and engaged a team of third-party specialists to help determine the full nature and scope of the incident.”
The hack is discussed in more detailby Brian Krebs, a security researcher who runs the website Krebs on Security. He says he was first made aware of the breach after a source alerted him to a post on a Russian cybercrime forum from a hacker...
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