Have a Louisiana driver's license? Here's how your data could be at risk

Shreveport Times

BATON ROUGE, La. – A major cyber attack on a Louisiana's Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV) vendor has potentially put the personal data of all Louisiana driver's license holders at risk.

The state's OMV is one of a still an "undetermined number of government entities, major businesses and organizations to be affected by the unprecedented MOVEit data breach," a release from the department stated.

MOVEit is a third-party data transfer service used to send large files. "Reports are rapidly emerging of newly discovered exposures of sensitive data in this major international cyber attack," the release continued.

According to the OMV, there is no indication at this time that cyber attackers have "sold, used, shared or released the OMV data obtained from the MOVEit attack. " They also have not contacted the state government.

All those with a Louisiana 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

Gov. John Bel Edwards met with the Unified Command Group at 11 a.m. Thursday to be briefed on the incident, where he instructed the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP), Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV), Louisiana State Police (LSP), and the Office of Technology Services (OTS) to act to inform Louisianans of the breach and their best next steps as soon as possible, the release said.