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Company Tied to Breach of 153M Driver's Licenses Hit With Multiple Lawsuits
PCMag • • business
Key Points:
- Over 153 million driver’s licenses from the US and Canada were reportedly leaked by a hacker, allegedly sourced from New Orleans-based identity-verification company IDScan.net.
- Four class-action lawsuits have been filed against IDScan.net in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, with plaintiffs fearing their sensitive information was compromised.
- IDScan.net, which serves clients like Hertz, GameStop, and FedEx, is accused of violating US Federal Trade Commission guidelines on data protection and faces demands for damages and improved security measures.
- The hacker behind the driver’s license sales site Nexus, which operated on the dark web, appears to have shut it down, but the stolen data could still be distributed through other channels.
- The FBI is investigating the incident but has not provided further details due to the ongoing nature of the case, and IDScan.net has not yet responded to requests for comment.
