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re: Louisiana OMV hacked, everyone at risk

Posted on 6/15/23 at 10:57 pm to
Posted by Bourre
Da Parish
Member since Nov 2012
20742 posts
Posted on 6/15/23 at 10:57 pm to
I’ve been getting quite a few weird numbers calling me, like from Eagle Pass, TX, and text messages from USPS but under hotmail accounts
Posted by dukesilver72
Texas
Member since Feb 2015
943 posts
Posted on 6/15/23 at 10:58 pm to
I keep all 3 credit files frozen so hopefully that’s enough. La is such a joke it’s not even comical at this point.
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
8326 posts
Posted on 6/15/23 at 11:06 pm to
And just a few weeks ago, i quipped about not wanting to get my data compromised by updating my drivers license to a RealID. It was around the same time that OMV was having computer issues.
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
10559 posts
Posted on 6/15/23 at 11:11 pm to
Relax, they have it under control.

Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
10559 posts
Posted on 6/15/23 at 11:15 pm to
This is not a problem. Just cancel all bank accounts, credit cards, change your name, and move. Really not even a thing.

Steps To Take per JBE
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
37846 posts
Posted on 6/15/23 at 11:19 pm to
For those who want to blame state government… this was a private contractor that got hacked.

These days, the private sector is no better than the public sector.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
7196 posts
Posted on 6/15/23 at 11:31 pm to
Unfortunately, it's not. Take a look at the the statement the IRS/SS sends you every year and look for income you didn't actually earn being "charged" against your SSN.

And no, you're not allowed to find out who is using your SSN in that manner, but it's pretty common for people to pass employer screening to do this.

A lot of this kind of crime has shifted to both stealing the ID of kids, as well as health care credentials, which are far less likely to trigger ID theft flags from the major agencies, and you have to have "staked" kids under 18 to take control of their identity, otherwise someone else will do it for you. But Government will pay. Someone else will pay. They're just trying to get by. Blah blah. Good luck baws, you racist bastards.
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
117937 posts
Posted on 6/15/23 at 11:36 pm to
quote:

It’s pretty safe to assume that none of your data/identifiers are private anymore.



At least my peepee is private.


Wait…..
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
32023 posts
Posted on 6/15/23 at 11:39 pm to
quote:

Watch for health care bills you and yours didn't occur. It's often pretty lucrative to steal identities to get medical treatments, which Experian, EFX, and Transunion won't see.


How do you search for them? They won’t come to your address I assume.
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
10559 posts
Posted on 6/15/23 at 11:43 pm to
The question is, who did it? The FBI, the CIA, China, or Russia? My guess is the FBI who will blame it on Russia.
Posted by VolsOut4Harambe
Atlanta, GA
Member since Sep 2017
12856 posts
Posted on 6/15/23 at 11:48 pm to
All these issues y’all have down there are worth it for the food, tailgates, and parades though right
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
117937 posts
Posted on 6/15/23 at 11:48 pm to
Yep

And humidity. Don’t forget humidity.

And hurricanes. Those rock.
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
10559 posts
Posted on 6/15/23 at 11:52 pm to
quote:

this was a private contractor that got hacked.


Lowest bid? Or a brother in law bid? Either way, it seems to be an “oh shite” bid.
Posted by zippyputt
Member since Jul 2005
5989 posts
Posted on 6/16/23 at 1:24 am to
Big question is why OMV needed to use a 3rd party contractor system designed to move large amounts of data.
Posted by gizmothepug
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2015
7132 posts
Posted on 6/16/23 at 1:34 am to
quote:

For those who want to blame state government… this was a private contractor that got hacked.


Pay the lowest bidder and you should have the lowest expectations, sometimes paying a little more might be worth it.
Posted by UpToPar
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
22282 posts
Posted on 6/16/23 at 1:38 am to
quote:

OMV believes that all Louisianans with a state-issued driver’s license, ID, or car registration have likely had the following data exposed to the cyber attackers: Name Address Social Security Number Birthdate Height Eye Color Driver’s License Number Vehicle Registration Information Handicap Placard Information


What about the pornhub searches? Asking for a friend.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
7196 posts
Posted on 6/16/23 at 1:47 am to
Nearly everyone has already been done screwed and breached already. My shite has been dumped so many times in 20 years, but OPM was pretty much a complete dump.

New flash, government doesn't care. Never did, including complying with multiple privacy acts, etc.
Posted by The Cool No 9
70816
Member since Jan 2014
10247 posts
Posted on 6/16/23 at 1:53 am to
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Why anyone would choose to live in BR I will never understand

It has LSU that’s it. Nothing else
Believe me if I had the option it'd be a consideration.
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
117937 posts
Posted on 6/16/23 at 2:11 am to
I haven’t been back since O beat Florida the year Miles got canned. I’m not kidding when I say after getting to Mandeville at 3:30am, sitting in the worst traffic in my life, anywhere, I would never ever go back to Baton frickin Rouge.


Sometimes I miss sitting at the Chimes and drinking beer, buying blow from a negro that lived behind the substation off Highland, Tony’s seafood, Belleue’s Butcher, French Quarter Daiquiris‘ cheeseburgers on Essen, Mike Anderson’s select crawfish, gettin blunted on the Parade Grounds and eating a few personal pans from the Pizza Hut in the Union, Karl Roider’s Balkan Studies courses (1 and 2), the German department’s carousel of hot East European chicks, LSU Rugby, spicy turkey at AM Mart, Kip Holden, and not needing an alignment every couple of months thanks to an absence of pot holes.

Posted by LSU_postman
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2005
2828 posts
Posted on 6/16/23 at 2:15 am to
quote:

Big question is why OMV needed to use a 3rd party contractor system designed to move large amounts of data.


It's a software used globally called MoveIT. It's used for secure ftp transfers.


It's been discovered that it is vulnerable to an SQL injection attack.

Other big boys involved in this is
YOUR US Dept of Energy
John Hopkins


Feel free to educate yourself and not jerk off to how dumb state gov is..or we'll idk..Carry on as usual.
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