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IDScan confirms document theft; the number of affected people remains undisclosed
Identity-verification provider IDScan has confirmed that attackers stole driver's-license and other government-document information from its cloud systems. That acknowledgment follows an earlier report of a searchable stolen database covering more than 150 million people in the US and Canada. IDScan says it holds over 150 million license records but has not disclosed how many individuals this breach affected. The distinction matters: the company's confirmation establishes theft, without validating every claim about its scale.
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What matters
- The stolen information includes names, license numbers and identifiers from other government documents.
- IDScan says its investigation continues; TechCrunch reports that the FBI is also investigating.
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