Global data breach exposed 6 million Louisiana driver's license and other OMV records, state says
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A massive data breach roiling Louisianans' Office of Motor Vehicles data resulted in at least six million records being leaked, officials said Friday. Officials investigating the breach currently don't believe any state agencies besides the OMV were affected, said Casey Tingle, director of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. The breach, which Tingle called "global" in scale, has not led to any data being sold or released by hackers, he said. Yet implications of the leak are still stark: OMV officials believe all Louisianans with a state-issued...
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