Personal information of more than 115,000 Texans leaked in DPS data breach

According to the Texas Office of the Attorney General, the Texas Department of Public Safety reported Monday that more than 115,000 customer records were lost in a data breach.

The AG’s website said 115,071 Texans were affected.

Leaked information includes names, addresses, social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and government-issued ID numbers.

DPS did not notify customers of the incident.

KERA has reached out to DPS for comment and will update this story.

In December 2022, DPS was tricked into sending at least 3,000 replacement Texas driver’s licenses to a Chinese organized crime group that targeted Asian Texans. The group used stolen personal information to create fake Texas.gov online accounts.

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