Want a copy of Pete Hegseth’s driver’s license? It’s for sale on the dark web

Key Points:

• A digital scan of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s driver’s license is among over 170 million identity documents available for purchase on the dark web through a new service called Nexus.
• Nexus, discovered on a Russian cybercrime forum, offers more than 153 million U.S. and Canadian driver’s license scans, 10 million ID cards, 3 million travel documents, and hundreds of thousands of medical IDs, with claims of an ongoing breach at a major identity verification company.
• Cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs traced the likely source of the breach to IDscan.net, a Mexican company with U.S. headquarters, which is currently investigating the matter.
• The stolen data poses significant risks including identity theft, targeting of domestic abuse victims or those in witness protection, and national security concerns due to the exposure of high-profile government officials’ documents.
• The FBI has launched an investigation into Nexus, but the dark web site disappeared shortly after Krebs’ report, complicating efforts to track the perpetrators.