Texas Parks & Wildlife Data Breach Affects 3 Million Individuals
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has disclosed a data breach affecting roughly 3 million individuals.
TPWD is a state agency responsible for conserving Texas’s natural resources, managing wildlife and state parks, and overseeing hunting and fishing programs.
The organization learned from the Texas Cyber Command that a third-party vendor responsible for selling hunting and fishing licenses had suffered a cybersecurity incident.
According to TPWD, the hackers may have stolen the information of more than 3 million individuals who acquired hunting and fishing licenses, including email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, driver’s license information, and passport numbers.
“Social Security numbers, dates of birth and financial information, including credit card details were not obtained from this incident,” TPWD said. “There is no evidence that customers under the age of 18 were involved or that any specific group was targeted.”
License sales are not impacted by the incident and the...
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