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title: The FBI is investigating Nexus, a new ID theft service on the dark web claiming to sell digital scans of 153M+ drivers licenses from people in the US and Canada (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)
link: https://www.techmeme.com/260902/p8#a260902p8
source: techmeme
published: 2026-09-02T08:30:00Z
updated: 2026-09-02T08:30:00Z
first_seen: 2026-09-02T14:07:29.769486161Z
summary: 'Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: The FBI is investigating Nexus, a new ID theft service on the dark web claiming to sell digital scans of 153M+ drivers licenses from people in the US and Canada — A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses …'
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[![](http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png)](https://www.techmeme.com/260902/p8#a260902p8 "Techmeme permalink") Brian Krebs / [Krebs on Security](https://krebsonsecurity.com/):\
 **[The FBI is investigating Nexus, a new ID theft service on the dark web claiming to sell digital scans of 153M+ drivers licenses from people in the US and Canada](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-probes-service-selling-153m-drivers-licenses/)**  —  A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses …