Texas government data breach allowed hackers to steal 3 million driver's licenses and passports
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/texas-government-data-breach-allowed-hackers-to-steal-3-million-drivers-licenses-and-passports/
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SoupBrick@pawb.social · 79 pts · 62d
On tomorrow's news: Why ID Verification is Needed for Internet Safety
Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 62d
Fishnoodle@lemmy.world · 57 pts · 62d
Texas and Florida are basically the most active sources of vomit and feces stains on the north American continent. This does not surprise me
lostepisodesfoundagain@kbin.earth · 18 pts · 62d
I ain't choose to live here bruh
Einskjaldi@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 62d
There's plenty of people that have lived there continually since before Texas existed.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -4 pts · 62d
Plenty of highways to get outta there, man.
lostepisodesfoundagain@kbin.earth · 14 pts · 62d
with what money and place to live lol, my gofundme ain't for show in this economy
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 62d
true, and most blue states have HCOL-MHCOL too.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 62d
yeah, only reason i can afford to live in this blue state is i can't afford to live here. multigenerational home and shit, looking into a cheap RV so i can move out, go work for the parks department or some shit.
lostepisodesfoundagain@kbin.earth · 5 pts · 61d
as someone who had an RV, don't fucking do it. move to Kentucky or Tennessee, abysmally cheap rent.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 61d
looking at a cheap insulated toy hauler so i can load up my trike and be a camp host. i have goals dude.
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 62d
With Mexico now having universal healthcare, there's no better time to try.
123@programming.dev · 1 pts · 61d
Pretty sure they are starting with older people and you would need to be a Mexican citizen to begin with (?).
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 62d
florida is a swamp that will fall into the ocean eventually, and texas will cook to death from the desert+climate change, or when the feral pigs take over the state,.
RufusDaStuntbum@lemmy.world · -12 pts · 61d
The two states that continuously work to send people to outer space. Clown take.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 61d
The two states that are most conveniently located for sending people to space, because they’re closest to the equator, have access to deep water barges for large shipments, and have relatively mild weather for clear launches. Plus, congress had a large say in NASA’s decisions, and Texas had a lot of influential politicians at the time. You think NASA headquartered there because they liked the politics? Clown take.
RufusDaStuntbum@lemmy.world · -13 pts · 61d
You’re a clown too. Enjoy your miserable little life.
Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 62d
Arancello@aussie.zone · 27 pts · 62d
corporations angry that hackers might steal the money the companies were planning to steal from consumers
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 62d
The only IT departments I’ve seen who are more overworked and under qualified than government is health care and educational institutions.
scytale@piefed.zip · 13 pts · 62d
And this isn’t even on the IT department themselves. It’s the usual suspect: 3rd party vendor contracted to store data. But yes, the point still stands that they are overworked, underpaid, and sometimes underqualified.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 62d
If they weren’t overworked and underpaid they wouldn’t need third parties for that stuff.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 62d
companies seem to dont value IT alot, because it "costs them too much money"
Thassodar@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 62d
From the article it seems like this is mostly the hunting and wildlife department, not driver's licenses. It still sucks, but the headline is not technically correct because it is hunting and wildlife license owners.
nudi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 61d
*Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
godsammitdam@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 61d
Sounds like a great time for that age verification/face scanning/id scanning, right? Right?
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 62d
All ready for Trump's big ID only, Thanks Elon, 2028 "Elections", brought to you by The Liberty Voting Machine Company, USA.
Eddbopkins@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 61d
USA is at its weakest government to date. if it cant stop that, sure as fuck cant stop more dangerous attacks.
beep@piefed.world · 2 pts · 62d
Article/info.
kreskin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 61d
Everything is bigger in texas, especially their nonstop stream of failures and bad choices.