Texas Parks & Wildlife Breach Exposes 3 Million Driver’s License and Passport Records

Texas Parks & Wildlife disclosed a data breach affecting more than 3 million people after the state’s cybersecurity unit detected unauthorized access involving the department’s license system vendor. The exposed data was tied to hunting and fishing license transactions and included driver’s license numbers, passport numbers, email addresses, phone numbers, and residential addresses, according to reporting and statements attributed to the Texas attorney general.

The agency said the intrusion involved a vendor system used to process license information, but it did not identify the vendor or disclose the exact timing or method of the compromise. Officials also did not say whether the attackers had contacted the department, leaving key questions unanswered as the incident stands as one of the largest reported data breaches affecting Texas this year.