Steve Gibson

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Security Now (Audio) · SN 1096: Are we the Krell? - 153 Million Driver's Licenses Leaked · 16 Sep 2026 podcast

During that call, the FBI shared that earlier today, their New Orleans field office opened an official investigation into an apparent breach involving IDscan.net. voice-verified

Zach Edwards said that as more in-person and online experiences require sharing driver's licenses, vendors who collect this sensitive data need to be held to a higher standard. voice-verified

Edwards told Krebs on Security: quote, this episode should further strengthen the resolve for people who are fighting back against online ID schemes. voice-verified

Which are requiring countless providers to ask for driver's licenses in order to access services under the guise of protecting kids. voice-verified

These systems are putting sensitive data into more and more third-party vendors, and we don't have nearly the oversight to ensure they are safe. voice-verified

Larry Baldwin. voice-verified

As principal intelligence researcher at the cybersecurity firm Sibera, Baldwin said a front and back scan of his driver's license available at Nexus contains timestamps that correspond to the date of a car rental from Hertz on a recent vacation. voice-verified

Baldwin said the Nexus Identity Theft Service presents multiple serious security and privacy threats, noting that state-issued driver's licenses are commonly used as proof of one's identity when opening new lines of credit. voice-verified

Baldwin said the service could also dangerously expose many people who do not wish to be found, but who cannot meaningfully change. voice-verified

Meaningfully change their appearance, or at least not enough to fool today's AI-based image matching tools. voice-verified

This category of people, he said, includes those fleeing domestic violence and even people who've been assigned a whole new life and identity as part of the federal government's witness protection program, which is generally reserved for criminal defendants in racketeering and conspiracy. voice-verified

Investigations who agree to cooperate with federal authorities. voice-verified

Baldwin said, just when it seems like we're making some headway in improving authentication controls through driver's license verification systems, this happens. voice-verified

And the very thing those improvements are dependent on are compromised. voice-verified

And then last Tuesday on September eighth, Brian posted a follow-up to his posting adding, idscan.net published a brief notice saying it has, quote, determined that an unauthorized third party may have access andor copied certain customer information, including full names and driver's license. voice-verified

or other document-issued identification numbers, unquote. voice-verified

So of course right from the mouth of their attorney. voice-verified

The statement said ID scan.net is notifying affected individuals, oh really? voice-verified

And offering credit protection services. voice-verified

How do you notify 153 million people whose email address you don't have? voice-verified

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