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153 million drivers licences on the dark web - what the IDScan.net breach means for ANZ SMBs that scan IDs at the counter

September 6, 2026 · 7 min read

153 million drivers licences on the dark web - what the IDScan.net breach means for ANZ SMBs that scan IDs at the counter

On 1 September 2026, KrebsOnSecurity reported that 153 million drivers licences were being sold on a Russian dark-web forum. The FBI opened a formal investigation the same day. If you are an ANZ MSP or SMB whose retail, hospitality, or aged-care clients use third-party KYC, you are downstream of this incident whether you know it or not.

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The FBI just shut down a 2-million-device botnet. The Australian angle is worse than the headline.

July 5, 2026 · 12 min read

The FBI just shut down a 2-million-device botnet. The Australian angle is worse than the headline.

The FBI seized NetNut and the Popa botnet on 02 July 2026. Smart TVs and streaming boxes were being used as proxy nodes. The scarier part: the same compromised home network your device sits on is now exposed to the rest of the internet.

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