Woot. Both Reuters and Ars have now picked up yesterday's scoop on the emergence (and subsequent demise) of an identity theft service on the darkweb that was selling >153M drivers licenses from people in North America.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-says-it-is-investigating-report-that-millions-us-drivers-licenses-exposed-2026-09-02/
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/my-drivers-license-is-one-of-153-million-for-sale-on-a-new-dark-website/
BrianKrebs
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2026-09-02 23:31:53 UTC
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