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Event

2–6 September

Data of 153 million US and Canadian driver's licenses found on the dark web

  • Earliest collected report:Mezha.Media

Data of over 153 million driver's licenses from the US and Canada were available for purchase on the dark web. Among the stolen documents was the driver's license of US Secretary of Defense Pete Gegset. The FBI has launched an investigation into the incident.

In brief

  • Over 153 million driver's licenses stolen
  • Data available on the dark web via Nexus service
Covered by 5 of 6 media groups
  • Budget 1 source
  • Public money 2 sources
  • Media business 4 sources
  • Big capital not in the collected reports
  • Readers and grants 1 source
  • Undisclosed 1 source

No newsrooms from these groups in the collected reports: big capital.

What are media groups?

Share of reports by media group
GroupShareCount
Media business
  • Newsroom 5
42%5 items
Public money
  • Newsroom 3
25%3 items
Undisclosed
  • Newsroom 2
17%2 items
Budget
  • Newsroom 1
8%1 item
Readers and grants
  • Commentary 1
8%1 item

How we count media groups — Methodology

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