The US Federal Bureau of Investigation said on the 2nd that it is investigating the sale of large amounts of US and Canadian driver license information on the dark web. According to media reports, if this incident is true, it could be one of the largest government-issued ID leaks in the history of North America. According to Reuters, the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a statement on the same day saying that it is investigating the matter but is unable to comment. The incident was revealed by independent journalist Brian Krebs. He said on September 1 that he saw a dark web advertisement on a forum claiming to sell a large number of electronically scanned versions of Canadian and American driver's licenses, and the “sample” that appeared in the advertisement was his own driver's license. After landing on the website, he discovered that there were not only tens of millions of electronically scanned versions of driver's licenses, but also millions of other ID documents, travel documents, and hundreds of thousands of medical records.

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