THE article reports that the FBI’s New Orleans field office has opened a formal investigation into a suspected breach at IDScan[.]net after a dark web service named Nexus began offering access to driver’s license scans. Nexus claimed to have more than 153 million driver’s licences for people in the United States and Canada, along with other identification records.
The revelation followed coverage by Brian Krebs of KrebsOnSecurity, which traced the source to IDScan[.]net, a New Orleans-based identity verification company whose clients include Hertz, Target, FedEx, Motorola Solutions, Caesars Entertainment and Jack Henry & Associates.
Evidence cited in the piece includes the dark web listing for Nexus on the Exploit forum, the assertion that the service offers digital scans of identity documents for more than 153 million North American individuals (and claims of additional millions of IDs and travel documents), and KrebsOnSecurity’s confirmation of IDScan[.]net as the source.
The article emphasises that the investigation is ongoing and does not state that data has definitively been compromised, only that a suspected breach is under formal inquiry. Practical response details are not provided within the report, but the situation is framed as a developing law enforcement matter with potential implications for affected clients and individuals whose IDs may have been exposed.