# Brian Krebs

Type: Person

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-02**: Ars Technica confirms personal ID exposure — Dan Goodin confirms his own license, scanned at a rental company, appeared on Nexus within hours of being scanned.
- **2026-09-01**: KrebsOnSecurity exposes Nexus — Brian Krebs reports 153 million driver's licenses for sale on Nexus, including UV/IR scans and records labeled CDL, CAC, and dispensary cards.
- **2026-09-01**: Nexus goes dark — The dark web service shuts down within hours of publication, preventing victims from checking whether their IDs were exposed.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### 153M licenses for sale on Nexus as UV/IR ID scans leak from Hertz, Planet13
2026-09-03 00:21:47 · Sentiment: Strongly negative · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 2

Security journalist Brian Krebs exposed Nexus, a dark web ID theft service with 153 million driver's license records including UV/IR scans. The data appears sourced from IDScan.net, used by Hertz and Planet13, with near real-time ingestion. The FBI is investigating after Nexus went dark.
Full story: https://getcyberbrief.com/story/nexus-153m-license-breach-uv-ir-scans-hertz-planet13

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