Florida Confirms DMV Database Breached via Stolen Police Account
The agency said the breach was contained and that investigators are reviewing whether about 200,000 driver records were exposed.
- On Friday, Florida's Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles confirmed a data breach occurred after a criminal actor used credentials from a Plant City Police Department employee improperly stored on a personal device.
- Last week, the cybercriminal group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach on its dark-web site, alleging it possessed about 200,000 driver's licenses, Social Security numbers, and home addresses.
- The agency learned of the breach on September 4 and mitigated it quickly, while working with the Florida Digital Service and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to respond.
- ShinyHunters deleted references to Florida on September 11, an action analysts suggest may indicate negotiation discussions, while the FLHSMV notified the Florida Attorney General's Office as required by state law.
- State officials issued guidance Wednesday regarding system access, while South Florida Cybercrime Professor Thomas Hyslip recommends freezing credit, noting 'personally identifying information' is often already on the dark web.
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Florida Finally Acknowledges Massive Hack Of DMV
NBC News reports: Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) said Friday that it’s investigating a data breach, making it the second organization that hosts Americans’ driver’s license information to be hacked this month. Specifics of what was stolen from the FLHSMV are scant. But the department said in a statement published to … The post Florida Finally Acknowledges Massive Hack Of DMV appeared first on Joe.My.God..
Florida DMV says it was hacked shortly after major driver’s license breach
Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said Friday that it’s investigating a data breach, making it the second organization that hosts Americans’ driver’s license information to be hacked this month.
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The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) has confirmed that its DAVID driver database suffered a data breach, saying the attackers gained access using credentials belonging to a police department employee. [...]
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Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) said Friday that it’s investigating a data breach, making it the second organization that hosts Americans’ driver’s license information to be hacked this month. The Florida announcement comes on the heels of another incident, in which a vendor that scans Americans’ driver’s licenses for private companies, […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed!
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