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153 million driver's licenses put up for sale

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after an ID verification service decided to leak them.

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And it also comes at a time when we see

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a rising interest in age verification all around the world.

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So the way that this story slowly began to unfold

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is it was Dan Gooden is the reporter's name

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from Ars Technica,

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and he did what seemed to be some kind of expose

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that was published with Krebs on security,

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pretty much finding that his license

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was one of more of 153 million people

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that were just available through this site called Nexus.

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Brian Krebs was in here,

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his mother and FBI assistant director.

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There was even some talk that hasn't been confirmed yet

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that Pete Hegseth was in there,

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the person who runs the Department of Defense or war,

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whatever they're calling it today.

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And just to be clear,

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Nexus was selling this information.

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So it includes IDs, travel cards,

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international driver's license, medical cards,

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common access card, residence cards,

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and employment authorizations.

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And it also includes apparently

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the infrared and ultraviolet spectra of those scans

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came from a site called idscan.net.

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This is their site.

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If you want to see it,

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they say they do ID fraud prevention at scale,

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which is really ironic

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because they have leaked every person's ID that they scanned.

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They partner with tons of companies, including Hertz,

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which I would assume is probably one of,

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if not their largest partner who uses this service,

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but it's not just car rentals

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because according to bleeping computer,

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this is also used by retailers,

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gun shops, financial institutions,

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cannabis dispensaries, and hospitality establishments.