Texas government data breach allowed hackers to steal 3 million driver's licenses and passports

a day ago by sanitation to c/technology

A data breach involving government-issued ID documents affects over 3 million people in Texas.
SoupBrick 74 points a day ago

On tomorrow's news: Why ID Verification is Needed for Internet Safety

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Anonymous_Leaker 7 points a day ago

Noooooo!

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Fishnoodle 53 points a day ago

Texas and Florida are basically the most active sources of vomit and feces stains on the north American continent. This does not surprise me

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lostepisodesfoundagain 18 points a day ago

I ain't choose to live here bruh

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Einskjaldi 8 points a day ago

There's plenty of people that have lived there continually since before Texas existed.

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Truscape -2 points a day ago

Plenty of highways to get outta there, man.

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lostepisodesfoundagain 13 points a day ago

with what money and place to live lol, my gofundme ain't for show in this economy

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Tollana1234567 3 points 21 hours ago

true, and most blue states have HCOL-MHCOL too.

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DarkCloud 3 points a day ago

With Mexico now having universal healthcare, there's no better time to try.

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Tollana1234567 6 points 21 hours ago

florida is a swamp that will fall into the ocean eventually, and texas will cook to death from the desert+climate change, or when the feral pigs take over the state,.

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RufusDaStuntbum -8 points 9 hours ago

The two states that continuously work to send people to outer space. Clown take.

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mic_check_one_two 7 points 5 hours ago

The two states that are most conveniently located for sending people to space, because they’re closest to the equator, have access to deep water barges for large shipments, and have relatively mild weather for clear launches. Plus, congress had a large say in NASA’s decisions, and Texas had a lot of influential politicians at the time. You think NASA headquartered there because they liked the politics? Clown take.

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RufusDaStuntbum -8 points 3 hours ago

You’re a clown too. Enjoy your miserable little life.

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Anonymous_Leaker 28 points a day ago

You try so hard to never post any photos or locations online, and then shit like this happens...

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Arancello 25 points a day ago

corporations angry that hackers might steal the money the companies were planning to steal from consumers

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Semi_Hemi_Demigod 17 points a day ago

The only IT departments I’ve seen who are more overworked and under qualified than government is health care and educational institutions.

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scytale 12 points a day ago

And this isn’t even on the IT department themselves. It’s the usual suspect: 3rd party vendor contracted to store data. But yes, the point still stands that they are overworked, underpaid, and sometimes underqualified.

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Semi_Hemi_Demigod 4 points a day ago

If they weren’t overworked and underpaid they wouldn’t need third parties for that stuff.

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Tollana1234567 5 points 21 hours ago

companies seem to dont value IT alot, because it "costs them too much money"

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Thassodar 8 points a day ago

From the article it seems like this is mostly the hunting and wildlife department, not driver's licenses. It still sucks, but the headline is not technically correct because it is hunting and wildlife license owners.

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nudi 1 point 4 hours ago

*Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

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DarkCloud 7 points a day ago

All ready for Trump's big ID only, Thanks Elon, 2028 "Elections", brought to you by The Liberty Voting Machine Company, USA.

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godsammitdam 3 points 2 hours ago

Sounds like a great time for that age verification/face scanning/id scanning, right? Right?

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Eddbopkins 1 point an hour ago

USA is at its weakest government to date. if it cant stop that, sure as fuck cant stop more dangerous attacks.

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kreskin 1 point 3 hours ago

Everything is bigger in texas.

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