Texas Parks & Wildlife Vendor Breach Exposes 3M License Holders
A vendor for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's hunting and fishing license system suffered a breach. An unauthorized actor may have accessed driver's license info, passport numbers (if provided), emails, phone numbers, and addresses for over 3 million customers. No SSNs or financial data were taken. Affected individuals are offered free credit monitoring.
- driver-license
- passport-numbers
- email-addresses
- phone-numbers
- residential-addresses
A vendor for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s hunting and fishing license system suffered a data breach that exposed personal information belonging to more than three million customers.
Public reporting indicates the unauthorized actor gained access to driver’s license numbers, passport numbers if provided during application, email addresses, phone numbers, and residential addresses. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department stated that no Social Security numbers or financial information were involved. The department is offering affected individuals free credit monitoring for a limited period. Available reporting from CBS News Texas and the official notification confirms the breach occurred through a third-party vendor that processes license transactions.
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