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- California's state DMV has warned that more than a year's worth of information about residents may have been compromised in a third-party data breach.
- An investigation is underway to determine if that's the case. A financial services firm that contracts with the DMV is what actually fell victim to a ransomware attack.
- Unfortunately, that firm also does business with many other public entities, such as the city of Seattle.
We're only mid-way through the second month of 2021, and already the data breaches are mounting. Following the disclosure we mentioned in recent days, of what may be the largest-ever publication of hacked user credentials posted to the internet, now comes word that California state residents may have had their personal data stolen via a cyberattack on a vendor associated with the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
According to a new warning from the state's DMV, more than a year's worth of customer data that includes license plate numbers and individual addresses may have been compromised via the data breach. The breach targeted Automatic Funds Transfer Services, a financial services and data management company that contracts for services with California's DMV, which the DMV uses to verify car owners' change of address. The key phrase here, though, is "may have been compromised."
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If you live in this state, your personal data might’ve been leaked in a huge security breach originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 19 Feb 2021 at 17:26:32 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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