
FLHSMV discovers breach of driver records after September 4 intrusion
ShinyHunters claimed responsibility, saying they stole over 200,000 driver records from the DAVID database.
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ShinyHunters claimed responsibility, saying they stole over 200,000 driver records from the DAVID database.

The Texas Attorney General's breach portal listed 2,992,244 Texas residents as affected as of October 2, 2026.

The settlement calls for a $2.1 million penalty to New York and a $540,000 penalty to Connecticut.

The California Department of Education disclosed the breach on October 16, 2026.

Burger King Japan said no payment card data was leaked and that the exposed personal details could aid phishing attempts.

The utility notified Texan authorities on October 15 after a hacker claimed to have obtained nearly 7.5 million user records, though the company says its operations remain unaffected

Jeremiah Fowler said the repository held names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, plaintext passwords and bank account information.

A forensic review released this week showed that most of the exposed records concern applications, claims and payments filed from Jan. 2007 to May. 16, 2025, or relate to cases active in that span.

The breach exposed approximately 250,000 records from before 2007 and probation data from 2010‑2017.

Notifications to the affected individuals began on Tuesday, Meta said.

The figure, reported by Bloomberg, far exceeds the about 14,485 individuals publicly known as of August 14, 2025, according to SecurityWeek and CyPro.

The leaked customer information consists of names, gender, birth dates, email addresses, and phone numbers.