NSW opens driver photo database to Commonwealth face matching
New South Wales has passed legislation aimed at cracking down on organized crime, which will also facilitate NSW’s participation in…
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IDScan confirms breach after 170M identity documents put up for sale
New Orleans-based ID verification provider IDScan.net has acknowledged the major breach of one of its databases, that exposed more than…
More than 170M ID scans for sale on dark web in breach allegedly traced to IDScan.net
A massive trove of scanned identity documents has been discovered for sale on a Russian cybercrime forum, exposing the biometrics…
Judge blocks Trump administration bid for driver identity database
A federal judge in Virginia has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from taking custody of a nationwide database containing Social…
Mobile ID coming to Apple Wallet in more states, but coverage still incremental
Apple Wallet is expanding support for mobile driver’s licenses (mDL) to more states in the U.S. At present, residents in…
The future of driver license security: Advanced identity technologies and trusted credentialing
By Steve Yonkers, Director of Business Development for Veridos America Driver licenses are not simply permission-to-drive credentials. Today, they serve…
Australia’s national face matching system expands with NSW participation
New South Wales (NSW) is joining Australia’s national face matching network, allowing driver licence and photo card images to be…
Incode launches GovFaceMatch for DMV-based identity verification
Incode has announced the launch of GovFaceMatch, which a blog post calls “the first identity solution to verify biometrics directly…
Tasmania removes driver photos from national face biometrics database
Tasmania’s government has pulled 468,000 driver’s licence photos from a national facial recognition database over concerns about biometric data security….
Thales cards for Oklahoma driver’s licenses will debut RevealPlus feature in NA
Thales will provide Oklahoma’s new driver’s licenses and ID cards. A release says the physical credentials are made from 100…
