150 million IDs allegedly stolen - including Pete Hegseth’s
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s Driver’s License is allegedly among more than 150 million that have been offered for sale on the dark web after identity verification firm IDScan.net suffered an apparent data breach.
Hegseth’s ID can be accessed for just $100. According to KrebsOnSecurity, the FBI is investigating the breach.
The leaked IDs were being offered via the Russian identity theft service “Nexus,” which claims to possess records including travel documents, medical cards, and various other forms of ID.
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Nexus says it’s been “continuously exfiltrating new data for over a year into our private database.”
The database has been updated with hundreds of thousands of fresh details during the past few days. However, KrebsonSecurity notes that Nexus is no longer available.
Data stored in multiple Fortune 500 companies at risk
Cybersecurity analyst “vx-underground” has shared a list of IDScan clients that may have leaked data.
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