The data of 150 million US citizens has been sold on the ‘Dark Web’. It includes information related to driving licenses, travel licenses, travel documents and identity cards. The investigation agency FBI has started an investigation into the case. Journalist Brian Krebs has revealed this data sale. According to him, this data was also listed for sale on the website. The ‘Dark Web’ service also listed the data of US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, US Defense Secretary and FBI Assistant Director for Sale on the ‘Dark Web’ service. According to a Reuters report, this data was sold on a website linked to Russia. The identity of who bought it and why was not immediately known.
How was the disclosure made?
The Russian cybercrime forum ‘Exploit’ was published by Nexon. In this, the data of 150 million Americans was offered for sale. Some people bought it too, but the amount of data sold is not known. It is said that the data of 1.1 million people was leaked. The FBI has not yet commented on this. The agency said that information will be provided once the investigation is complete.
How was the data sold?
According to the report, in addition to the driver’s license, more than 10 million identity cards, more than 3 million documents and at least 579,000 medical cards were listed for sale. According to the people selling the data, this is the latest data, which he had stolen and collected in the last one year. However, after the case was exposed, it was removed from the ‘dark web’ service.
How was the leak?
Jack Edwards, an expert who researches security and privacy issues, also had his data leaked. Edwards said that he gave his data to a car company to buy a car. He did not buy the car there, but his data was leaked. Another such case has come to light. The American company idscan.net does document scanning. A lot of data has been leaked from here. The company has also said that it will investigate.
