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FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses

The FBI is investigating an identity-theft service selling more than 153 million driver’s-license scans belonging to people in the United States and Canada. Interviews with affected individuals suggest the images were taken from a Louisiana-based identity-verification company.

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Why it matters

The reported trove puts an exceptionally large number of people at risk of identity theft and raises concerns about the security of identity-verification data.

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  1. Krebs on Security

    FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses

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