Brian Krebs, a cybersecurity journalist, reported that more than 153 million US and Canadian driver's licenses were available for purchase on the dark web through a service called Nexus. ^[1] Brian Krebs, an independent security journalist, reported that a company used to verify government-issued identity documents was likely hacked and that large stores of identity documents were exfiltrated. ^[2] Brian Krebs, working with security researcher Zach Edwards, identified the likely source of the breach as IDScan, a Louisiana-based identity verification service used by major brands to verify tens of millions of identity documents each month. ^[3] Nexus, an identity theft site that launched on the dark web, claimed to allow users to search more than 150 million driver's licenses and passports belonging to residents of the United States and Canada. ^[4] Both Planet13 and Hertz contracted IDScan for identity verification and ID-authentication services, which investigators suspect is the source of the leak. ^[5] The database contained information for U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, raising concerns about the security of high-level government officials. ^[6] The leaked database allegedly contained 153 million driver's licenses, 10 million ID cards, 1.9 million travel documents, and 5 million other documents sourced from an ID-authentication service based in Louisiana. ^[7] IDScan's chief operating officer Jillian Kossman told security journalist Brian Krebs that the company is investigating the suspected breach. ^[8]