The ShinyHunters hacking group has published hundreds of thousands of files from a Florida state database of vehicles and driver information.
The Florida motor vehicle agency, FLHSMV, confirmed a data breach in a statement last week and after the hackers got a police officer’s credentials that were stored on a personal device.
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According to a copy of the stolen data the hackers stole hundreds of thousands of certificates of vehicle ownership records, which contained vehicle owners’ names and addresses of buyers and sellers.
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The ShinyHunters hacking group has published hundreds of thousands of files from a Florida state database of vehicles and driver information.
The hackers said they breached the database, known as DAVID, earlier in September and posted as evidence a screenshot purporting to be a record associated with the dead sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who had a home in the state.
The Florida motor vehicle agency, FLHSMV, confirmed a data breach in a statement last week and after the hackers got a police officer’s credentials that were stored on a personal device.
The records also contained vehicle identification numbers.
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