The drivers of California who recently to avoid going through the California Department of Motor Vehicles or DMV and chose to renew their licenses online, they will definitely regret their choice.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles is currently investigating a possible violation of credit card data related to transactions made online through their website from August 2013 to January 2014. The Ministry of Communications, which learned about possible security breaches by department officials, said there was no clear evidence of violations in its systems.
"There is no one evidence at the moment showing a direct breach of his system DMV. However, because we have to be careful and in the interests of protecting sensitive California drivers' information, the DMV is conducting an investigation into any potential security breach, in conjunction with state and federal authorities. ”
Το τμήμα “εκτελεί μια ιατροδικαστική αναθεώρηση των συστημάτων του και αναζητεί πληροφορίες αναφορικά με πιθανή παραβίαση τόσο από το εξωτερικό συνεργάτη που επεξεργάζεται συναλλαγές με τις πιστωτικές cards of DMV but also with the credit card companies themselves, ”the statement said.
The credit cards used on his website California Department of Motor Vehicles of 2 in 2013 in August 31 and 2014 January of XNUMX are at risk, according to the website krebsonsecurity, which confirmed that several banks and financial institutions, including MasterCard, received a warning from the Department of Transportation about the breach. Data that may have been stolen includes the card number, expiry date and code security on the back of the card.
Currently, it is not clear how many are the victims of the attack, the Krebs publication reported that 2012 was conducted through its website California Department of Motor Vehicles 11,9 million transactions. The website may be used to renew driving licenses and identities, as well as other services.
