ShinyHunters claims Florida DMV breach, puts data on the clock
ShinyHunters claims it breached Florida DMV's DAVID database, stole 200,000+ driver records including SSNs, and set a September 11 extortion deadline.
The ShinyHunters extortion group claims it breached the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles' DAVID driver and vehicle database and stole more than 200,000 records. As evidence it published a screenshot of a Jeffrey Epstein record showing address, Social Security number, date of birth, license number and registered vehicles, and set a September 11 deadline before publication. The group says it obtained access through a password-reset weakness, compromised employee accounts, and queried and downloaded driver records and images. The Florida DMV has not confirmed the claim; it follows a separate confirmed IDScan.net breach exposing over 153 million license scans that prompted an FBI investigation.
- Leak-site post gives a September 11 deadline to negotiate before release
- Claimed access chain: password-reset weakness, employee account compromise, bulk record queries
- DAVID records include photos and signatures, raising identity-theft and synthetic-identity risk
- Separate from the Nexus database of 153M IDScan.net scans under FBI investigation
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2 min read at csoonline.com
ShinyHunters is claiming to have broken into a Florida government database containing sensitive information on the state’s drivers. The notorious extortion group said it has breached the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles’ Driver and Vehicle Information Database (DAVID) and claims to have stolen more than 200,000 records.
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