Florida Confirms DMV Breach After Hackers Claim 200,000 Records Stolen
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 15
Florida Confirms DMV Breach After Hackers Claim 200,000 Records Stolen
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 15
Summary
Sept. 4 marked when Florida says it discovered and quickly contained a breach at the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, with no further unauthorized access detected.
Plant City Police Department credentials stored on a personal device were exploited, according to Florida's investigation, giving the state its first official explanation of how the intruder got into the DAVID records system.
More than 200,000 driver records were claimed stolen by ShinyHunters, but Florida has not verified that total or disclosed exactly what data was taken or how many people were affected.
Florida's account conflicts with the hackers' earlier claim that a password-reset flaw let them compromise multiple accounts and pull records starting Sept. 3.
DAVID holds sensitive motor-vehicle data for law enforcement and other approved users, raising identity-theft risks as investigators continue working with state law enforcement and the attorney general's office.