Alleged massive leak of US and Canadian driving licence scans
Allegations emerged that about 153 million scans of US and Canadian driving licences had been leaked. Along with a possible breach of an ID verification service, claims were made that hackers had real-time access to ID scan data for more than a year. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation looked into the alleged leak.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Alleged leak of about 153 million US and Canadian driving licence scans
- Cause / method
- Alleged breach of an ID verification service and real-time access to scan data
- Location
- Other countries
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Timeline
- The US Federal Bureau of Investigation began investigating the alleged large-scale leak of US and Canadian driving licence data.
- Claims emerged that hackers had real-time access to an ID verification company's scan data for more than a year.
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