Hackers Publish Thousands of Drivers' Data After Breaching Florida Motor Vehicle Database
The ShinyHunters hacking group published hundreds of thousands of files from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) database, known as DAVID. The hackers claimed they did so because their ransom demands were not met by the agency. They provided a screenshot allegedly showing data related to Jeffrey Epstein's residence in Florida. FLHSMV confirmed last week that there had been a breach involving stolen credentials from a police officer’s personal device. The leaked files included vehicle ownership records with names, addresses, and VINs of buyers and sellers. Some documents also contained Social Security numbers, non-U.S. passports, and immigration papers but did not include driver's license photos or full licenses themselves. This breach follows another major incident in the same month where 150 million images of U.S. driver’s licenses were stolen from identity verification company IDScan.
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