By Valerie Hernandez
Feb 19, 2021
There has been a security breach at the Department of Motor Vehicles, which may have exposed the vehicle registration information of millions in California. According to the DMV, the vehicle registration records may have been involved in the security breach of a contractor, Automatic Funds Transfer Services (AFTS), used by the DMV. AFTS was the victim of a ransomware attack earlier this month and it may have compromised the information provided to AFTS by the DMV. This would include the last 20 months of California vehicle registration records. DMV spokesperson Anita Gore said that the state agency is currently notifying customers about the ransomware attack.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles announced Wednesday that a third-party company it shares data with has had a security breach. It is unclear if any DMV information was compromised at this time.
Soldiers came upon a North Korean man wearing a wetsuit and flippers walking down a road in South Korea on Tuesday. It was "the second embarrassing breach for the South Korean.