DMV breach confirmed as hackers claim 200,000 records stolen

Most of us hand over a lot of personal information to the DMV because we have no choice.

Your address, birth date, driver's license information and other identifying details can all end up in government systems.

That is why a breach involving driver records deserves attention.

Florida officials have now confirmed that the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, or FLHSMV, experienced a data breach .

The agency says it learned about the incident on Sept.

4, quickly mitigated it and has seen no further breach or ongoing unauthorized access.

The confirmation follows claims from the ShinyHunters extortion group that it accessed Florida's Driver and Vehicle Information Database, known as DAVID, and stole more than 200,000 driver records .

Florida has not confirmed that record count or publicly said exactly what information was taken.

Here's what ShinyHunters claims happened, what Florida says its investigation found and what drivers should do now.

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According to the agency, those credentials were improperly stored on the employee's personal electronic device.