California DMV HACK Exposes Customers Information
A company that contracted with California DMV suffered a security breach earlier this month, threatening to leak the personal information of millions of California drivers license available to hackers.
The personal information of millions of California drivers may be in the hands of hackers this month after a company under contract with the California Auto Administration was exposed.
Where an investigation is being made into a security breach targeting automatic money transfer services at DMV hours, a company in Seattle that handles invoices and processing account statements, and its DMV vehicle registration records that contain names, addresses, license plate numbers, vehicle identification numbers and officials.
Generally, a ransomware attack infects a computer or network, locking its files, and asking the hackers to pay a sum of money so that the system can work again.
Thus it could affect all California residents who have registered a car in the past 20 months, and officials have not specified how many people might be affected.
DMV is currently looking at additional measures to implement to enhance security to protect DMV information and the companies we contract with.
DMV immediately stopped all data transfers to the company after being notified of the security breach, which led to the company's website being down on Thursday "due to technical problems."
