Cybersecurity entity
Every one of those 1 sits in a single category, data-breach. Brian Krebs is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 1 of the 1 tracked story. We currently track 1 Cybersecurity story that mention IDScan.net, all published on September 3, 2026.
Last mentioned: 6d ago
Entity pulse
Coverage balance Negative coverage leads. Negative coverage exceeds positive coverage by 100 percentage points.
Figures are computed live from our source-verified story record — see our methodology for how impact and sentiment are derived.
Every one of those 1 sits in a single category, data-breach. Brian Krebs is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 1 of the 1 tracked story. We currently track 1 Cybersecurity story that mention IDScan.net, all published on September 3, 2026. Each carries 2 original sources on average.
Computed from the 1 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 2 Cybersecurity stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
Coverage cohort
Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering IDScan.net. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
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.
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.
Nexus goes dark
The dark web service shuts down within hours of publication, preventing victims from checking whether their IDs were exposed.
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.
Source: Ars Technica · Dan Goodin (US)
IDScan.net is linked from 1 story on this site, each scored at or above our 35% relevance threshold — see how these pages are built.
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